From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 16 01:52:29 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 822AC16A4CE for ; Fri, 16 Apr 2004 01:52:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from boleskine.patpro.net (boleskine.patpro.net [62.4.20.155]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16FBF43D5C for ; Fri, 16 Apr 2004 01:52:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from patpro@patpro.net) Received: from [192.168.0.1] (cassandre [192.168.0.1]) by boleskine.patpro.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 468843B0; Fri, 16 Apr 2004 10:52:31 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v613) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <63025CD6-8F83-11D8-95BD-0030654D97EC@patpro.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Patrick Proniewski Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 10:52:27 +0200 To: "Gunnarsson, Mikael" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.613) cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RealTek support, moving from linux to freebsd (yes, I've readhardware notes) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 08:52:29 -0000 Hi, On 16 avr. 2004, at 10:28, Gunnarsson, Mikael wrote: > >> By the past, I've had many problems with realtek cards that were >> flagged >> as "supported" in FreeBSD hardware notes, so (for realtek only) I no >> longer >> trust hardware notes. > > They are supported, but the realtek chips, especially the 8129 and > 8139, are notoriously crappy. I don't know if the linux drivers manage > to work around all the quirks better than the freebsd drivers do, but > in either case your best bet is to get a real NIC instead.. Intel > Pro/100 cards are cheap and work like a charm for budget servers, and > are well supported under all BSDs and linuxes. yep, I'm a great fan of Intel Pro/100 cards, but this time I'm afraid I have no choice, the server is not mine. But if things go wrong because of the NIC, I'll ask the owner of the machine to buy an Intel card. patpro -- je cherche un poste d'admin-sys Mac/UNIX (ou une jeune et jolie femme riche) http://patpro.net/cv.php