From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Jun 21 08:21:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA26687 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Sun, 21 Jun 1998 08:21:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pn.wagsky.com (root@wagsky.vip.best.com [206.86.71.127]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA26679 for ; Sun, 21 Jun 1998 08:21:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Jeff@Wagsky.com) Received: from [192.168.6.3] (mac.pn.wagsky.com [192.168.6.3]) by pn.wagsky.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA00895 for ; Sun, 21 Jun 1998 08:21:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Jeff@Wagsky.com) X-Sender: mailman@mail.pn.wagsky.com Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: <199806210732.AAA22636@wiley.csusb.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 08:18:31 -0700 To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG From: Jeff Kletsky Subject: Re: 3c905 PCI Ethernet under 2.2-stable... Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >I believe someone was working on a new and improved 3C90XX driver (the >current is really suboptimal) but I only hear silence everytime this >question comes up, I really hope he has not given up. Maybe he should >speak up and give us a status report, if he is reading this forum. Linux has been plagued with the poor and non-robust performance of these cards. Details of Donald Becker's efforts on the "vortex" driver are available at http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/linux/linux.html http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html there is also quite active mailing lists related to the "vortex" drivers. linux-vortex@cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov linux-vortex-bug@cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov >I really recommend the Intel Etherexpress 10/100B, the >driver and card are both excellent performers. That would be the $50/machine solution for better reliability/performance ;-) Jeff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message