From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 23 02:25:58 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B54F16A417 for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:25:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sandiegobiker@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.228]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC0BF13C4A3 for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:25:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sandiegobiker@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i29so1395324wxd for ; Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:25:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=P4jnK3xonvbpg/uUt+gaPB8CKMKsMqrkru6ZTqp+Ox8=; b=L371CrUOgZAGFnWALElo1mcrJ0t+hSJ3cKf/7QldM8wGoHd0lxY5HdEN7mGvRbdL49GIng2zUtyeW0q9bsFBPlETdwhRfE4s+jUoGbQz+PEDCESIPCDE0esBjsUgVS/+IAVuQG9vCe9R21l4jB0J+byZyhW9zfT0kDm5v8hWaQo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=mjKLr5cDmXIL5n8w01aM+8h8Xtdk6JhtvWeskhQrsbRYrnqEVjDSn6vsbH6VrbFq6RmTU4Bbqr6qgvFqVfb4ohcjVol9Dp5YMJk5tysgwIeHdxaCMf6eyujgmSifJ7eQIb9K0vOEyOtyzTrSWHAt1GO92lr0obJE9rdn4cRYWkk= Received: by 10.70.68.9 with SMTP id q9mr9958657wxa.1193106351011; Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:25:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.19.9 with HTTP; Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:25:50 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <27cb3ada0710221925n45fd4776xd15478470d3ec1f6@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:25:50 -0700 From: "Len Gross" To: "Kevin Oberman" In-Reply-To: <20071022162042.6AB0045010@ptavv.es.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <27cb3ada0710212201r103c3adl25a229e772c9526f@mail.gmail.com> <20071022162042.6AB0045010@ptavv.es.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Antony Mawer , Julian Elischer Subject: Re: Disable Exponential Backoff (retry) on Ethernet? X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:25:58 -0000 So there is hope in using/finding the card(s). Thanks so much for the follow-up. Much appreciated. On 10/22/07, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > > Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 22:01:08 -0700 > > From: "Len Gross" > > Sender: owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org > > > > Thanks. I'll look into that. > > BTW: The "lance" chip appears to be 1990 vintage, might even be ISA > > The AMD LANCE was the first popular "Ethernet on a chip". It was used > very heavily for about three years after its introduction. While it had > some flaws, especially in its early days, it was reliable and very > programmable. The latter quality made it very popular with network > researchers. It was available on cards from many manufacturers in both > PCI and ISA formats. > -- > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) > Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) > E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 > Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 > >