Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 08:06:57 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: Munish Chopra <messiah_man@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Realtek 8139 NIC and IRQ problem. Message-ID: <20010429080657.S69945@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <011001c0cfe5$12a77a40$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>; from tedm@toybox.placo.com on Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 06:13:53AM -0700 References: <20010428113639.B69945@wantadilla.lemis.com> <011001c0cfe5$12a77a40$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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On Saturday, 28 April 2001 at 6:13:53 -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Greg Lehey > >> messages, such as ARP requests. Bill added a fix for it, and we have >> seen no problems since. It's quite possible that the RealTek driver >> has similar issues. > > I wonder, though. It would seem to me that the RealTek cards are > _so_ cheap that the manufacturers using those chipsets are all > simply using the "suggested design schematic" and the sample device > driver that comes from RealTek. Sure. Same thing with the Macronix. I think I paid $20 for the cards. But the difference isn't in the schematic, it's in the (cheaper) chip. Most of these cards have only one chip on them. > For a deviation of the card to exist would imply that the card > manufacturers are actually spending money on hardware and software > design. No, that's an assumption. > That's assuming a lot for a card that usually sells for less than $9 > USD Hmm. That *is* cheap. Is this a 10 Mb/s or a 100 Mb/s card? Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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