Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1997 17:55:22 -0700 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Richard Laxton <richard@real.net.au> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel EtherExpress vs DEC PCI chipsets Message-ID: <199706100055.RAA02337@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 10 Jun 1997 08:53:40 %2B1000." <3.0.1.32.19970610085340.00ae7a80@pop.real.net.au>
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>Secondly, Do I use Intel EtherExpress 100B TX cards or the DEC 240xx type >cards? Does either have a CPU advantage? Are there any stability issues >with either card? What are people's experiences? I have seen conflicting >reports from this list ranging from "don't get the intel" to ftp.cdrom.com >uses the intel (so it must be good). The Intel Pro/100B driver is much more CPU efficient than the DEC driver and is well supported by the author (me). The only known problem at the moment is that the newer Pro/100B's have a different PHY chip that the driver doesn't yet know about and this results in full duplex operation not working with those cards. This is a temporary situation, however, and will be fixed as soon as I get one of the newer cards, the proper documentation, and my ethernet switch working again. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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