Date: Sat, 01 Feb 1997 17:28:44 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suggested ehternet chips/cards? Message-ID: <32F3EDCC.446B9B3D@whistle.com> References: <199702020046.LAA15015@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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Michael Smith wrote: > > > The Lance was used because the only alternative was the i82586, and > you're welcome to ask Garret about that. personally I'd rather an 82586.. I've a LOT of experience with those, and I can make them do anything I want. > > I'm not sure if you'd have trouble with two Lance-style chips on one > card though; they use busmaster DMA to talk to their memory, which > might also be a problem wrt. bandwidth. >
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