From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 25 16:35:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA09115 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 16:35:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from isvara.net (root@[130.88.148.77]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA09047 for ; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 16:34:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@challenge.isvara.net) Received: from challenge.isvara.net ([130.88.66.5]) by isvara.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA28830 for ; Thu, 26 Feb 1998 00:15:41 GMT Message-ID: <34F4B400.4A93CDE1@challenge.isvara.net> Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 00:14:57 +0000 From: freebsd@isvara.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Hackers Subject: Re: "Best" Fast Ethernet Card References: <199802252256.OAA14216@implode.root.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG David Greenman wrote: > >What's the difference between the REV A and REV B boards? > > The A boards use a different NIC and are not supported. There is no 'A' chipset. There is Vortex (3c509), Boomerang (3c905) and Cyclone (3c905B). > The 3Com 3c905 driver in FreeBSD uses the card in compatibility mode (non- > DMA programmed I/O) and is thus the slowest/highest overhead board that we > support. This is an issue with the driver fortunately, so it is possible to solve this with some new code. Seen as ethernet card support is quite a core server thing, it would be great for a better driver to be written. All is told in the tech docs available freely from Terry Murphy at 3com. > _____________________________________ Daniel J Blueman BSc Computation, UMIST, Manchester Email: blue@challenge.isvara.net Web: http://www.challenge.isvara.net/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message