Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 10:04:15 -0300 From: Craig Metz <cmetz@inner.net> To: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Looking for a 2 channel Fast Ethernet NIC Message-ID: <199807131404.KAA29121@itd.nrl.navy.mil> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 13 Jul 1998 15:54:52 %2B0200." <199807131354.PAA14338@internal>
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In message <199807131354.PAA14338@internal>, you write: >I see. So the best would be to get some these old ones. They are using >the de-driver, right? Are you running -STABLE on them? We're running FreeBSD 3.0 snapshots on them with kernel code we're working on. We also use the boards with Linux 2.0/2.1, BSD/OS 2.1/4.0, NetBSD 1.3.2, and OpenBSD 2.3, and we've used it with FreeBSD 2.2.2 in the past. I'd be very surprised if they didn't work under -STABLE. >I have no machine with AMI BIOS here (only Award). Thanks for the hint anyway. Another suggestion: Try to maximize the number of IRQs available for allocation to PCI devices. Remember that a dual-port board (at least the SMC) is going to take up two of them. (As far as I can tell, the multi-Tulip designs like the Adaptec that try to conserve IRQs end up causing more problems than they solve) Move ISA boards to lower IRQs, and disable everything in your BIOS that you're not using (e.g., IDE, USB, and allocating IRQs to the video board). -Craig To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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