From owner-freebsd-net Mon Jul 13 07:09:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA04046 for freebsd-net-outgoing; Mon, 13 Jul 1998 07:09:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from itd.nrl.navy.mil (s2.itd.nrl.navy.mil [132.250.83.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA04041 for ; Mon, 13 Jul 1998 07:09:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cmetz@inner.net) Received: from inner.net (stan.ipv6.nrl.navy.mil [132.250.90.8]) by itd.nrl.navy.mil (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA29121; Mon, 13 Jul 1998 10:04:51 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199807131404.KAA29121@itd.nrl.navy.mil> To: Andre Albsmeier cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Looking for a 2 channel Fast Ethernet NIC In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 13 Jul 1998 15:54:52 +0200." <199807131354.PAA14338@internal> X-Copyright: Copyright 1998, Craig Metz, All Rights Reserved. X-Reposting: With explicit permission only Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 10:04:15 -0300 From: Craig Metz Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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