Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 13:34:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: alpha snapshots? (was RE: Alphserver 2100 4/233) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10007201329150.45768-100000@beppo.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <20000720132601.C67647@dragon.nuxi.com>
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> Yes, if you happen to have a `dc' or `de' card laying around. Please > don't forget the PC164SX comes with no no-board NIC. So the assembler of > the machine is able to install their favorite NIC (or some cheapass Fry's > POS). Tulip cards are super cheap ($19.87 for a Netgear 2114X @ CDW.COM). The only reason to use an ISA card is if you're desperate for the PCI slots. > Or did you mean the performance issue? Only `xl' and `fxp' can do > zero-copy on coming packets (as wpaul told me yesterday). wpaul seems to > prefer the `xl' cards, and I want to use the NIC he supports the best, so > I prefer to use `xl' when possible. Well, we use what we know works and are comfortable with. -matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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