Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 18:18:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Nicole Harrington <nicole@nmhtech.com> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG, Lorenzo Cavassa <Lorenzo.Cavassa@ALPcom.IT>, Matthew N.Dodd <winter@jurai.net> Subject: Re: Gigabit ethernet support? Message-ID: <XFMail.990429181811.nicole@nmhtech.com> In-Reply-To: <37289996.97CB07C9@softweyr.com>
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On 29-Apr-99 My Secret Spies Reported That Wes Peters wrote: > "Matthew N. Dodd" wrote: >>=20 >> On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Lorenzo Cavassa wrote: >> > i need some advices about an ( eventually ) gigabit ethernet support i= n >> > 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 littl= e >> unattractive. >>=20 >> Packet Engines GNIC/GNICII devices. >> - Single source (PacketEngines; http://www.packetengines.com/) >> - 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'll be providing a supported 3.x driver for the PE cards as soon as I > can get my hands on some, and get my head wrapped around GE driver > code. It turns out Packet Engines is now a part of my company. Plus, I= =20 > need some for GigE testing here at work. Now that we're all one big > happy family I should be able to transfer a few over here in the next > month or so. They won't make it in time for 3.2, but I hope to have > something working for 3.3. >=20 > --=20 Cool.=20 I decided to let Packet Engines in on the talk and they "seemed" quite receptive. We shall see. Would you like to speak with her? Perhaps you could speed things along. Sh= e almost seemed to be willing to do a NON NDA deal with Bill Paul than lose t= he action. Nicole > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" >=20 > Wes Peters Softweyr LLC > http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com >=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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