From owner-freebsd-atm Sun Dec 8 01:32:19 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id BAA03272 for atm-outgoing; Sun, 8 Dec 1996 01:32:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from silver.sms.fi (root@silver.sms.fi [194.111.122.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id BAA03264 for ; Sun, 8 Dec 1996 01:32:13 -0800 (PST) Received: (from pete@localhost) by silver.sms.fi (8.7.6/8.7.3) id LAA01082; Sun, 8 Dec 1996 11:32:08 +0200 (EET) Date: Sun, 8 Dec 1996 11:32:08 +0200 (EET) Message-Id: <199612080932.LAA01082@silver.sms.fi> From: Petri Helenius To: Poul-Henning Kamp Cc: "Jin Guojun[ITG]" , freebsd-atm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATM drivers In-Reply-To: <12565.849986118@critter.tfs.com> References: <199612071903.LAA16888@george.lbl.gov> <12565.849986118@critter.tfs.com> Sender: owner-atm@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Poul-Henning Kamp writes: > In message <199612071903.LAA16888@george.lbl.gov>, "Jin Guojun[ITG]" writes: > >: > >:Hmm, is there a TAXI (100 Mbit/sec) version of their card ? > > > >TAXI is FORE preparatory staff. No one else uses it. Now the standard is OC-3, > >and the newer one is OC-12. > > Well, Cisco delivers TAXI too... > Not in the any of the current generation switches. The only justification for TAXI was the ready availability of optical tranceivers from the FDDI market. Now that OC-3 and OC-12 tranceivers are available at reasonable prices, TAXI is obsolete. > Ohh, well, the price you pay to start out early. (We installed this net > in feb '94...) > Exactly. Though the cost of similar equipment today should be much less than what you paid back then. Pete From owner-freebsd-atm Tue Dec 10 13:59:58 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id NAA05174 for atm-outgoing; Tue, 10 Dec 1996 13:59:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from silver.sms.fi (root@silver.sms.fi [194.111.122.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id NAA05142 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 1996 13:59:47 -0800 (PST) Received: (from pete@localhost) by silver.sms.fi (8.7.6/8.7.3) id XAA00646; Tue, 10 Dec 1996 23:59:36 +0200 (EET) Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 23:59:36 +0200 (EET) Message-Id: <199612102159.XAA00646@silver.sms.fi> From: Petri Helenius To: "Jin Guojun[ITG]" Cc: freebsd-atm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATM drivers In-Reply-To: <199612071815.KAA16217@george.lbl.gov> References: <199612071815.KAA16217@george.lbl.gov> Sender: owner-atm@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jin Guojun[ITG writes: > > Absolutely. That is why it is a formal-commercial release. PVC, SVC, ILMI, and > SPAN are all supported. I think leave the PVC in the code will not reduce > the performance, and give some flexibility for some dummy networks (switches). > I would like you to ask them where they are going to make this available or whether they ship this only on floppy disks with their cards, etc. Since I'd like to get the driver and cards to run it with but I don't want to end up with a pile of cards useful for Winblows NT. Pete From owner-freebsd-atm Tue Dec 10 14:02:19 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id OAA05433 for atm-outgoing; Tue, 10 Dec 1996 14:02:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from george.lbl.gov (george-2.lbl.gov [131.243.2.12]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id OAA05426 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 1996 14:02:16 -0800 (PST) Received: (jin@localhost) by george.lbl.gov (8.6.10/8.6.5) id OAA06918; Tue, 10 Dec 1996 14:02:15 -0800 Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 14:02:15 -0800 From: "Jin Guojun[ITG]" Message-Id: <199612102202.OAA06918@george.lbl.gov> To: pete@sms.fi Subject: Re: ATM drivers Cc: freebsd-atm@freebsd.org Sender: owner-atm@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Absolutely. That is why it is a formal-commercial release. PVC, SVC, ILMI, an d > SPAN are all supported. I think leave the PVC in the code will not reduce > the performance, and give some flexibility for some dummy networks (switches) From owner-freebsd-atm Tue Dec 10 14:02:24 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id OAA05452 for atm-outgoing; Tue, 10 Dec 1996 14:02:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from george.lbl.gov (george-2.lbl.gov [131.243.2.12]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id OAA05446 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 1996 14:02:21 -0800 (PST) Received: (jin@localhost) by george.lbl.gov (8.6.10/8.6.5) id OAA06922; Tue, 10 Dec 1996 14:02:20 -0800 Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 14:02:20 -0800 From: "Jin Guojun[ITG]" Message-Id: <199612102202.OAA06922@george.lbl.gov> To: pete@sms.fi Subject: Re: ATM drivers Cc: freebsd-atm@freebsd.org Sender: owner-atm@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Absolutely. That is why it is a formal-commercial release. PVC, SVC, ILMI, an d > SPAN are all supported. I think leave the PVC in the code will not reduce > the performance, and give some flexibility for some dummy networks (switches) From owner-freebsd-atm Tue Dec 10 14:05:16 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id OAA05647 for atm-outgoing; Tue, 10 Dec 1996 14:05:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from george.lbl.gov (george-2.lbl.gov [131.243.2.12]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id OAA05634 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 1996 14:05:13 -0800 (PST) Received: (jin@localhost) by george.lbl.gov (8.6.10/8.6.5) id OAA06974; Tue, 10 Dec 1996 14:05:12 -0800 Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 14:05:12 -0800 From: "Jin Guojun[ITG]" Message-Id: <199612102205.OAA06974@george.lbl.gov> To: pete@sms.fi Subject: Re: ATM drivers Cc: freebsd-atm@freebsd.org Sender: owner-atm@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk :> Absolutely. That is why it is a formal-commercial release. PVC, SVC, ILMI, and :> SPAN are all supported. I think leave the PVC in the code will not reduce :> the performance, and give some flexibility for some dummy networks (switches) :> :I would like you to ask them where they are going to make this :available or whether they ship this only on floppy disks with their :cards, etc. Since I'd like to get the driver and cards to run it with :but I don't want to end up with a pile of cards useful for Winblows NT. : :Pete No problem! I already asked them, and I will ask them again. -Jin