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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!cs.mu.OZ.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!raven.eva.net!bighorn.accessnv.com!jca From: jca@bighorn.accessnv.com (J.C. Archambeau) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Which 100Mbs ethernet card Date: 14 Feb 1997 20:33:44 GMT Organization: Access Nevada Inc. Lines: 18 Message-ID: <5e2i78$qds@raven.eva.net> References: <5dr7s5$f5f@masters0.InterNex.Net> <5e1fl7$djj@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: bighorn.accessnv.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35447 Brian Somers (brian@ui-gate.utell.co.uk) wrote: :: After looking through the kernel config file LINT, I noticed that :: the word "buggy" was appended to the line with the 3c59x 3com card. Does :: the intel etherexpress perform more reliably than the 3com cards for :: freebsd 2.1.5? : IMO, yes, but I think the EtherPower 100 is the best (less CPU usage than : the intel etherexpress). But does the EISA EtherPower 100 use the same driver as the PCI card? The nice thing I have discovered about the 3C59x cards is that the EISA and PCI cards use the same driver. -- /* | Spam violation - e-mail dumped... ** Internet: jca@accessnv.com | Don't blame me, I didn't vote for Clinton. ** jca@anv.net | Intel is the word for 'errata.' */