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Date:      Fri, 16 Apr 1999 15:25:32 -0700
From:      "Kevin J. Rowett" <krowett@rowett.org>
To:        Jim Shankland <jas@flyingfox.com>
Cc:        isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: freebsd used in routers?
Message-ID:  <4.2.0.32.19990416152116.00ac4e90@rowett.org>
In-Reply-To: <199904162314.QAA24560@biggusdiskus.flyingfox.com>
References:  <58953.924300394@verdi.nethelp.no>

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At 04:14 PM 4/16/99 , you wrote:
>The world cries out for a nice, quad-82558 card for < $300.
>So far, the world cries out in vain.

The architecture of PCI slots and the 82558/9 makes that a 
difficult proposition.

The 82558 has a PCI interface built into it.  Putting four on a
PCI slot card requires a PCI bridge chip on the slot card.

This makes the price target hard to reach.

KR




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