Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 17:12:53 -0300 (ADT) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: Mike Fisher <mfisher@csh.rit.edu> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rl driver in 3.3-STABLE ... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910011712210.485-100000@thelab.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910011440590.409-100000@parsons.rh.rit.edu>
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*sigh* and SMC used to mean something in a card :( ah well, replaced two of them with 3com this afternoon, and everything apears to be running well ... thanks... On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, Mike Fisher wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, The Hermit Hacker wrote: > > > Anyone know of any problems with it? One of my colleages recently moved > > from Windows -> FreeBSD (with not too much urging), but ever since the > > move, he has to 'ifconfig rl0 down; ifconfig rl0 up' at least once a day, > > which he's finding quite annoying :( > > > Ideas:? > > Mine works fine. However, the comments in the if_rl.c file are pretty > disparaging: > > * The RealTek 8139 PCI NIC redefines the meaning of 'low end.' This is > * probably the worst PCI ethernet controller ever made, with the possible > * exception of the FEAST chip made by SMC. The 8139 supports bus-master > * DMA, but it has a terrible interface that nullifies any performance > * gains that bus-master DMA usually offers. > > Might want to suggest that he get a new NIC. > > - -- > Mike > "Live for yourself -- there's no one else more worth living for." -- Rush > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0i > Comment: > Charset: noconv > > iQA/AwUBN/UBEANoiUfuQq8NEQImqwCg+fg2c1c+epWafqsFgbhZ8/e1GDEAmwcx > WT/zmHDRxBTl6m+hZOTqR9DY > =B5Te > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy Systems Administrator @ hub.org primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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