Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 13:49:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Nicole Harrington <nicole@nmhtech.com> To: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG, Lorenzo Cavassa <Lorenzo.Cavassa@ALPcom.IT> Subject: Re: Gigabit ethernet support? Message-ID: <XFMail.990429134955.nicole@nmhtech.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9904290713100.2158-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
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On 29-Apr-99 My Secret Spies Reported That Matthew N. Dodd wrote: > On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Lorenzo Cavassa wrote: >> i need some advices about an ( eventually ) gigabit ethernet support in >> FreeBSD 3.x-RELEASE or 3.x-CURRENT: NICs, drivers and so on ( also >> case-studies and/or performance tests ). >=20 > You've got some choice at this point though 1 option is probably a little > unattractive. >=20 > Packet Engines GNIC/GNICII devices. > - Single source (PacketEngines; http://www.packetengines.com/) =20 > - no driver in any FreeBSD source tree. > - 2.2 drivers at ftp://ftp.scl.ameslab.gov/pub/drivers/ > - Webpage at http://www.scl.ameslab.gov/Projects/Gigabit/ >=20 I have been working on a project with the Packet engines devices and I hav= e been disapointed. They have been promising me a more robust driver for thei= r nic card for months now and won't relase any information without an NDA for others (like Bill Paul) to write drivers for them. Their current drivers ha= ve known issues. Unless they make some moves, we will likely be moving to Alteon. Nicole > Alteon TIGON 1/TIGON 2 devices. > - Multiple sources. > + Alteon AceNIC (Tigon 1 and Tigon 2) =20 > + 3Com 3c985-SX (Tigon 1 and Tigon 2) =20 > + Netgear GA620 (Tigon 2) > + (others) =20 > - driver in -CURRENT > - 2.2 and 3.0 versions available at > http://www.freebsd.org/~wpaul/Alteon > > Choose wisely. >=20 > --=20 >| Matthew N. Dodd | 78 280Z | 75 164E | 84 245DL | FreeBSD/NetBSD/Sprite/= VMS >| | >| winter@jurai.net | This Space For Rent | ix86,sparc,m68k,pmax,v= ax=20 >| | >| http://www.jurai.net/~winter | Are you k-rad elite enough for my webpage= ? =20 >| | >=20 >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message |\ __ /| (`\ =20 | o_o |__ ) ) =20 // \\ =20 nicole@nmhtech.com | http://www.webweaver.net/ webmistress@dangermouse.org | http://www.dangermouse.org -------------------------(((---(((----------------------- =20 - Powered by Coka Cola and FreeBSD - - Strong enough for a man - But made for a Woman - =20 - I'm not ADD - I'm just Multithreaded - - Microsoft: What bug would you like today? - ---------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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