Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 10:52:27 +0200 From: Patrick Proniewski <patpro@patpro.net> To: "Gunnarsson, Mikael" <Mikael.Gunnarsson@octapharma.se> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RealTek support, moving from linux to freebsd (yes, I've readhardware notes) Message-ID: <63025CD6-8F83-11D8-95BD-0030654D97EC@patpro.net> In-Reply-To: <CD1C1AC62C4DA944914E36E7B3DD904313DB24@sestosrv004p.ad.octapharma.se> References: <CD1C1AC62C4DA944914E36E7B3DD904313DB24@sestosrv004p.ad.octapharma.se>
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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
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