From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 8 16:11:57 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id QAA02032 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 8 Dec 1996 16:11:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id QAA02027 for ; Sun, 8 Dec 1996 16:11:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.3/8.6.12) with SMTP id QAA04134; Sun, 8 Dec 1996 16:11:50 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 8 Dec 1996 16:11:50 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: ttsai@pobox.com cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mmap(), nfs lock, dfs, fast ethernet, etc. In-Reply-To: <199612061027.EAA27352@pike.netdoor.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 6 Dec 1996, Tim Tsai wrote: > 1) Is mmap() in FreeBSD still broken? I found some old e-mail that > suggested this but I do not know if this is still the case. Don't know. > 2) Same for NFS locking. I do not see lockd on my 2.1.5 > distribution. The locking spec doesn't exist in a public forum yet, so no. > 3) Does anybody know of a distributed file system that is free (or > at least reasonably priced - a few hundred bucks perhaps) and > works with FreeBSD? I am aware of NFS. :-) How about AFS or > something similar? Perhaps...not sure tho. > 4) I am still confused about fast ethernet PCI adapters. Can > somebody tell me which ones will work with 2.1.6, and where I can > order some [if I need to get older cards. I know where to find > current generation cards.]? I believe that the SMC and 3Com 100mbit cards work OK. Also the Intel 10/100B. Someone will have to check me on that, I don't use Fast Ethernet as of yet. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major