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Date:      Sun, 15 Jul 2001 20:49:19 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
To:        Bill Paul <wpaul@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        <hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: NatSemi DP83820 gigE driver kit for 4.2 and 4.3
Message-ID:  <20010715204819.N769-100000@achilles.silby.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010713180434.7D25937B401@hub.freebsd.org>

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On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, Bill Paul wrote:

> For those who have gigabit ethernet NICs based on the National
> Semiconductor DP83820 and DP83821 controller chips and want to use
> them with FreeBSD 4.2 and 4.3, there is a driver kit now available
> at the following URL:
...
> These cards are all extremely cheap (some can be had for under $100)
> and fairly easy to find. (I now have one in my workstation.) They could
> potentially become extremely popular, which is why I'm making a driver
> retrofit kit available. Anyone running a recent 4-STABLE or 5.0-CURRENT
> system should already have the necessary driver support.

How do these perform compared to the more expensive gigabit cards?

Mike "Silby" Silbersack


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