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Date:      Tue, 16 Dec 1997 09:43:02 GMT
From:      jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly)
To:        Tom <tom@sdf.com>
Cc:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: 3com 3c509 card 
Message-ID:  <34964c48.30733173@mail.cetlink.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.971215234937.3100A-100000@misery.sdf.com>

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On Mon, 15 Dec 1997 23:51:31 -0800 (PST), Tom <tom@sdf.com> wrote:

>  Also, the ed driver supports shared memory cards like the SMC Ultra 16.
>Fastest ISA ethernet you can get.

I replaced an NE2000 clone with a SMC Ultra 16, thinking shared memory
would consume far less CPU than PIO with an NE2000.  But it seems to
be about the same.

John





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