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Date:      	Tue, 21 May 1996 13:21:17 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Tom Samplonius <tom@uniserve.com>
To:        Nick Esborn <nick@capella.grayphics.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ix0 problem fixed in stable?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960521131910.20676T-100000@haven.uniserve.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960521104909.10270A-100000@capella.grayphics.com>

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On Tue, 21 May 1996, Nick Esborn wrote:

> I heard a while ago that the ix0: device timeout problem was soon to be 
> fixed in the current release... I was wondering when this fix is likely 
> to filter down to the stable release?
> 
> Other than that, how soon will support for the DEC Fast Etherworks or one 
> of the SMC fast ethernet cards be added to stable?  Which of the two 
> cards is likely to be faster given the history of the two vendors?

  Support for DEC21040 based fast-ethernet cards has been in stable for a 
long time.  This chipset is used in the SMC PCI cards, and most if not 
all of the DEC PCI cards, as well as lot of cheaper clones (ex. Compex).

Tom



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