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Date:      Thu, 17 Apr 1997 14:00:37 +0100 (BST)
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
To:        Brian Tao <taob@nbc.netcom.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: availability of 100Mb ethernet drivers
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970417135929.4123P-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970409132124.18937b-100000@tor-adm1.nbc.netcom.ca>

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On Wed, 9 Apr 1997, Brian Tao wrote:

> On Tue, 8 Apr 1997, Josef Grosch wrote:
> > 
> > fxp, which is the driver for the PCI Intel EtherExpress Pro/100. We use
> > them here at the job and they seem to work pretty nicely.
> 
>     I think the vx driver also supports 100 Mbps operation, although I
> haven't tried it myself (I have a 3com 3C900 10/100Mbps controller,
> but on a 10 Mbps LAN).

I tried it.  It gives appalling performance (50k/sec) on a 3c905.  I can
test any fixes in this area since I still have the 3com card sitting on my
desk but I don't particularly want to hack on this driver.

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Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
Nonlinear Systems Ltd.			Phone: +44 181 951 1891




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