From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christopher Nielsen To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] GigE drivers Message-ID: <20010316165025.A37288@cassie.foobarbaz.net> References: <20010316131106.96B55199D5@mail.cse.psu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010316131106.96B55199D5@mail.cse.psu.edu>; from jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com on Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 08:11:04AM -0500 Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 16:50:25 -0800 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 71056d2c-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 08:11:04AM -0500, jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com wrote: > We have drivers for the Netgear GA620/GA620T (Alteon chip, > untried on the 3Com) and for the Intel RS-82543GC chip > as found on the Intel PRO/1000[FT] Server Adapter (the older > non-[FT] cards use the 82542 (LSI L2A1157) chip). Ah cool! Are they releaseable? Intel has been a real pain about docs for anything unless you sign an NDA, making the source unreleaseable. Now that 3Com has purchased the Alteon NIC biz, they're developing the Tigon III chips for the newer cards, for which they are not releasing docs. If I recall correctly, Broadcom is making the new chips for 3Com. > A driver for the Syskonnect cards would be nice, that would > cover all the major players, although the way Intel are agressively > pricing their cards there may be only one player in the future. Ok. I'll look into a driver for those cards, then. -- Christopher Nielsen - Metal-wielding pyro techie cnielsen@pobox.com "Any technology indistinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced." --unknown