Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 10:19:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@ambrisko.com> To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bge problems (was: gigabit NIC of choice?) Message-ID: <200209111719.g8BHJfQ03083@ambrisko.com> In-Reply-To: <200209111611.g8BGBBFT031897@vashon.polstra.com>
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John Polstra writes: | If you want a gigabit interface that is likely to keep working in | FreeBSD, your only option is to use the Intel chips and the "em" | driver. It's our only gigabit driver that's maintained by somebody | who has unrestricted access to the documentation and errata. Atleast one potential exception to this it that so far National seems to keep their programming on line without needed an NDA. I used that and peeked at the Netgear Linux driver on how to enable the fiber port. So now the driver supports copper and fiber cards. Doug A. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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