From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 16 23:38:12 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA03515 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 23:38:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts12-line6.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.138]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA03508 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 23:38:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id XAA00434; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 23:38:05 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 23:38:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: francis yeung cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1.5 Intel EtherExpress instability In-Reply-To: <199607152200.WAA04148@fyeung5.netific.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 15 Jul 1996, francis yeung wrote: > FreeBSD 2.1.5 Release Notes indicates that the use > of the Intel EtherExpress (I assumed that it is a Pro/10) is > not recommended due to driver instability. Does this apply > to both 2.1.0 and 2.0.5 Releases. Or this only applies > to FreeBSD 2.1.5 only. The Pro/10 isn't supported at all. The warning is for the ix0 driver which is for the Intel EtherExpress 16. > Or Intel EtherExpress (Pro/10) should be used in all FreeBSD > releases. How about a no-namer NE2000 or DE2104x-based PCI ethernet card? Those are well supported. I have a NE2k in this box (a P90) and except for less-than-optimal performance (the PCI has the obvious advantage) it has only shaken once. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major