The ideal NIC (Re: if_fxp - the real point)

2001-03-09 Thread E.B. Dreger
Bear with me and allow me my delusions while I daydream... What with FPGA technology as reasonable as it is, and the amount of hw/sw talent on these lists, maybe people should band together and come up with a NIC? Maybe have native mode + Tulip/PNIC clone compatibility mode. Take a look at

Re: The ideal NIC (Re: if_fxp - the real point)

2001-03-09 Thread Matt Dillon
:What production volumes are required before ASICs are feasible? What :about having a FreeBSD CDROM + NIC bundle featuring whatever card gets :designed? : :If ya can't join 'em, beat 'em. : :Okay. Back to work and reality. :-) : :Eddy Designing an ASIC will have an NRE of probably around

Re: The ideal NIC (Re: if_fxp - the real point)

2001-03-09 Thread Michael C . Wu
On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 11:03:33PM +, E.B. Dreger scribbled: | Bear with me and allow me my delusions while I daydream... | | What with FPGA technology as reasonable as it is, and the amount of hw/sw | talent on these lists, maybe people should band together and come up with | a NIC? Maybe