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Date:      Fri, 28 Sep 2001 11:22:41 -0400
From:      "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <jeroen@vangelderen.org>
To:        Bill Paul <wpaul@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/bge if_bge.c if_bgereg.h src/sys/modules         Makefile src/sys/modules/bge Makefile src/share/man/man4 bge.4         Makefile src/sys/conf files src/sys/i386/conf NOTES         src/usr.sbin/sysinstall devices.c
Message-ID:  <3BB495C1.90806@vangelderen.org>
References:  <200109272355.f8RNtSX41839@freefall.freebsd.org>

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Bill Paul wrote:
>   Add device driver support for the Broadcom BCM570x family of gigabit
>   ethernet controllers. This adds support for the 3Com 3c996-T, the
>   SysKonnect SK-9D21 and SK-9D41, and the built-in gigE NICs on
>   Dell PowerEdge 2550 servers. The latter configuration hauls ass:
>   preliminary measurements show TCP speeds of over 900Mbps using
>   only normal size frames.
>   
>   TCP/IP checksum offload, jumbo frames and VLAN tag insertion/stripping
>   are supported, as well as interrupt moderation.
>   
>   Still need to fix autonegotiation support for 1000baseSX NICs, but
>   beyond that, driver is pretty solid.

You are the man!

>   Revision  Changes    Path
>   1.136     +2 -1      src/share/man/man4/Makefile
>   1.1       +204 -0    src/share/man/man4/bge.4 (new)
                                                   ^^^^^
and I like this little reading aid :)

Cheers,
Jeroen
-- 
Jeroen C. van Gelderen -- jeroen@vangelderen.org

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind. -- Gandhi


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