From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Mar 21 15:39:43 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from rah.star-gate.com (rah.star-gate.com [209.249.129.138]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B75414BE2 for ; Sun, 21 Mar 1999 15:39:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hasty@rah.star-gate.com) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (localhost.star-gate.com [127.0.0.1]) by rah.star-gate.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA50998; Sun, 21 Mar 1999 15:38:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hasty@rah.star-gate.com) Message-Id: <199903212338.PAA50998@rah.star-gate.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Mike Smith Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Gigabit ethernet -- what am I doing wrong? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 21 Mar 1999 13:29:27 PST." <199903212129.NAA00925@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 15:38:09 -0800 From: Amancio Hasty Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hmm... the 450NZ based chipsets sounds a like a good start for doing giga ethernet card / networking research 8) I would probably opt for a agp port solution for starters I already have a system which supports it so it would mean getting a barebones systems plus the cost of the ethercards. Pity that most systems come with only one AGP port :( Tnks! Amancio > > > > Hmm.... > > Does anyone know when the faster PCI busses (64bits or 66MHz PCI clock rate) > > are going to be availabe ? > > 64-bit PCI has been available on Alpha and Sparc systems for some time. > It's also supported by the Intel 450NX chipset, found in new Xeon > systems; boards like the Intel SC450NX and AD450NX have 64-bit PCI > slots. > > -- > \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith > \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au > \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message