Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 18:44:18 -0500 From: Karl Denninger <karl@mcs.net> To: "Dan Ts'o" <dan@dna.rockefeller.edu> Cc: Snob Art Genre <benedict@echonyc.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel Etherexpress PRO/100+ PCI Message-ID: <19980507184418.07847@mcs.net> In-Reply-To: <199805072131.RAA16674@dna.rockefeller.edu>; from Dan Ts'o on Thu, May 07, 1998 at 05:31:42PM -0400 References: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980507150513.18096B-100000@echonyc.com> <199805072131.RAA16674@dna.rockefeller.edu>
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On Thu, May 07, 1998 at 05:31:42PM -0400, Dan Ts'o wrote: > > As I understand it, the PRO/100+ is just a PRO/100B, but fabricated > > differently -- they figured out how to do it with one less chip. But > > the interface is the same. > > An Intel support engineer told me that, although very similar, the > Pro/100+ and Pro/100B are not identical at the software/driver level and > that minor changes would probably be necessary to fully support the Pro/100+. > He said that (at the time), since the Pro/100B was still on the market that > if I was concerned, I should get the Pro/100B instead to avoid problems. Bullshit. I have Pro/100+s (I bought a BOX of them due to problems with autonegotiation on the newer SMC cards) and they work spendidly. -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin http://www.mcs.net/ | T1's from $600 monthly / All Lines K56Flex/DOV | NEW! Corporate ISDN Prices dropped by up to 50%! Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| EXCLUSIVE NEW FEATURE ON ALL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | *SPAMBLOCK* Technology now included at no cost To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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