From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Aug 26 12:10:47 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from panzer.kdm.org (panzer.kdm.org [216.160.178.169]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B45214EA9 for ; Thu, 26 Aug 1999 12:10:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ken@panzer.kdm.org) Received: (from ken@localhost) by panzer.kdm.org (8.9.3/8.9.1) id NAA84408; Thu, 26 Aug 1999 13:10:19 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from ken) Message-Id: <199908261910.NAA84408@panzer.kdm.org> Subject: Re: what's the best working gigabit ether card... In-Reply-To: from Matthew Jacob at "Aug 26, 1999 12:01:46 pm" To: mjacob@feral.com Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 13:10:19 -0600 (MDT) Cc: louie@TransSys.COM, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Kenneth D. Merry" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL54 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Matthew Jacob wrote... > > > Louis A. Mamakos wrote... > > > > > > Packet Engines is also doing jumbo sized Gigabit ethernet in their > > > switches. This was something that was a requirement at work (UUNET) > > > since the backbone already carries 4470 bytes frames, and we didn't > > > want to have to fragment going over gigabit ethernet plumbing. > > > > That's very good to know, thanks. I wonder why they don't mention it on > > their web page? > > > > Another odd thing is that they claim there is a 3rd party FreeBSD driver > > for their Gigabit ethernet PCI card, although I don't know of one. > > (There's certainly not one in the tree.) > > I've been (possibly mis-) informed that Packet Engine's GigEther card has > been dropped. In fact, that's why I've been contacted to look into > alternates. Hmm, interesting. Do you know if there was ever a FreeBSD driver for it? One other thing I didn't mention about the Alteon-based boards is that the firmware source is available for them, without an NDA. You can compile it with a gcc cross compiler under FreeBSD. > Essential Networks has a GigE variant of their RoadRunner card (HIPPI)- > porting Kevin Lahey's driver from NetBSD to FreeBSD for that card has been > on my list for a while... Hmm, I didn't know there was a GigE version of that card. I don't see any mention of it on their web page... (seems to be a common theme today) Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@kdm.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message