On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 03:23, Steven C. Darnold wrote: > [...] > At the moment the BL2 kernel has the ability to use > the full range of network cards. I may be able to get > a much smaller kernel by eliminating most of those cards.
Steven, you probably covered this perviously, but if you're using a 2.2 kernel, why not include support for modular drivers (including network)? I realize this adds some size, but does 2.2 + module support exceed the memory footprint of 2.2 with 6 monolithic drivers? > So, I'm going to do a re-compile with just the six most > popular NICs. Two of those cards will be NE2000 (both > PCI and ISA) and 3c509. That leaves four places. So, > guys, you tell me which network cards should go in BL2. Those 3 are a good start. You might consider the SMC Ethercard Elite/Ultra series. They were quite popular in the early 1990's and I chunked several hundred into various machines. > Which are the most popular NICs for cable-modems? Of course, most will tend to be newer and thus PCI. Locally, Cox Communications provides 3Com (originally a 3C509) but the trend seems to be "customer provides PC WITH NIC". In that case, a user could easily pop $10 for an inexpensive compatible PCI card. DEC Tulip-based and RTL8139 are other popular, inexpensive NICs. Perhaps that's a good compromise: A few ISA oldies that were popular in their day, and one (or two) readily available modern variants that can be found cheaply. If you like, I can ask on a couple of LUG lists I'm on. There are usually at least a few on each using true Surv-class boxen. Then there are those of us who have boxes of old ARCnet stuff laying about. :) - Bob To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
