From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Dec 5 12:37:20 2000 From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 5 12:37:18 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (c228380-a.sfmissn1.sfba.home.com [24.20.90.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5C4737B400 for ; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 12:37:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.osd.bsdi.com (8.11.0/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eB5KkCF01028; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 12:46:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com) Message-Id: <200012052046.eB5KkCF01028@mass.osd.bsdi.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: john@student.kgv.edu.hk Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel wiseman and livengood gigabit ethernet support In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 05 Dec 2000 16:59:54 GMT." <20001205165956.8089737B400@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 12:46:12 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > I'm after some help on what gigabit ethernet card is supported on FreeBSD. > I'm using FreeBSD4.2-STABLE. Avoid the Intel cards; go with the Alteon-based or SysKonnect cards. (NetGear and 3com, amongst others, make cards based on the Alteon chipset.) You should avoid the Intel cards because Intel themselves refuse to release sufficient documentation to produce an efficient driver. -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message