Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 12:34:30 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: michaelh@cet.co.jp (Michael Hancock) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: if_de.c ???? Message-ID: <199705130304.MAA13243@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SV4.3.95.970513115327.17288A-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp> from Michael Hancock at "May 13, 97 11:59:01 am"
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Michael Hancock stands accused of saying: > On Tue, 13 May 1997, Michael Smith wrote: > > > > Ok found it, http://www.3com.com/0files/products/dsheets/400243.html > > > > > > Transmit/Receive Buffer Memory > > > > > > 8 KB. Partitioned at 4 KB/4 KB and may be partitioned at 5 KB/3 > > > KB, 6 KB/2 KB, or 2 KB/6 KB. > > > > *puke* Still too small to be taken seriously, unless it can busmaster > > the frames across into main memory autonomously. > > It does busmaster. All the current mainstream 3COM, Intel, and DEC cards > look pretty competitive when browsing. The question I had was whether it busmasters _autonomously_, or only on request, ie. do you have to ask it to dump its guts in response to an interrupt, or will it do it every time it gets a frame? > The Intel Server card has a 1MB. Ow, that's more like it 8) -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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