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From: Chris Collins <xfire-9fans@xware.cx>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] fs kernel ether cards
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 06:27:15 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060219192715.GD7762@xware.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <84194c41bbcf0babaa924ffeb1252b7b@collyer.net>

geoff@collyer.net was once rumoured to have said:
> What ethernet cards are people actually using in their file server
> kernels?  I ask because I've got newer but probably untested or lightly
> tested drivers for a few cards, and I'm just using the intel gbe card
> these days in my file server, though I do have a spare machine with the
> SiS 630/900/7016/whatever controller in it that I could use for testing.

I was using a generic 1Gbit Natsemi (etherdp83820.c) just out of sheer
despiration (I couldn't find anything else that worked in our house at
the time).

I recall having to lightly patch the fs64 sources to use it though - I
just don't remember why.

C.
-- 
Chris Collins <xfire-9fans@xware.cx>


  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-02-19 19:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-02-19  9:35 geoff
2006-02-19 10:35 ` geoff
2006-02-19 19:27 ` Chris Collins [this message]
2006-02-20  1:06   ` geoff

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