Re: bge problems (was: gigabit NIC of choice?)

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Doug White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While we're nitpicking: > > On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, John Polstra wrote: > > > All of the documentation and errata for the BCM570x chips are > > protected by NDA, just like every other gigabit MAC in current > > production. >

Re: bge problems (was: gigabit NIC of choice?)

While we're nitpicking: On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, John Polstra wrote: > All of the documentation and errata for the BCM570x chips are > protected by NDA, just like every other gigabit MAC in current > production. Through the graciousness of Intel we also have a contributed driver for their gig-e car

Re: bge problems (was: gigabit NIC of choice?)

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Doug Ambrisko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Polstra writes: > | If you want a gigabit interface that is likely to keep working in > | FreeBSD, your only option is to use the Intel chips and the "em" > | driver. It's our only gigabit driver that's maintained by

Re: bge problems (was: gigabit NIC of choice?)

John Polstra writes: | If you want a gigabit interface that is likely to keep working in | FreeBSD, your only option is to use the Intel chips and the "em" | driver. It's our only gigabit driver that's maintained by somebody | who has unrestricted access to the documentation and errata. Atleast

Re: bge problems (was: gigabit NIC of choice?)

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Birger Toedtmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > just as this comes up, I have a question. Has anyone had experiences > with the bge driver and related cards? We had some weird problems here > lately: > > - bought two 3com 996-SX (fiber) cards and plugged them

Re: bge problems (was: gigabit NIC of choice?)

In article , Mark Peek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 12:51 PM +0200 9/10/02, Birger Toedtmann wrote: > >So it seems there is some problem with the bge driver/card/64bit bus. > >Does the scenario ring a bell to someone of you? > > Yes, the bge driver in 4.6 is

Re: bge problems (was: gigabit NIC of choice?)

At 12:51 PM +0200 9/10/02, Birger Toedtmann wrote: >So it seems there is some problem with the bge driver/card/64bit bus. >Does the scenario ring a bell to someone of you? Yes, the bge driver in 4.6 is broken. John Polstra put fixes into -stable which will show up in 4.7. Mark To Unsubscribe:

bge problems (was: gigabit NIC of choice?)

Hi, > What's the gigabit ethernet NIC of choice these days? (I've had good > experiences with the NetGear G620T, but apparently this card is no > longer being sold.) [ discussion followed ] just as this comes up, I have a question. Has anyone had experiences with the bge driver and related