Subject: Re: good dual-port ethernet
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Ignatios Souvatzis <is@netbsd.org>
List: current-users
Date: 07/18/2002 21:19:44
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On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 09:46:03AM -0700, Jason R Thorpe wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 06:33:34PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
>=20
>  > Does anyone know of a good dual-port PCI ethernet adapter, based on ch=
ips
>  > supported by NetBSD ? One with hardware checksum support (e.g based on
>  > 3c905C-TX chips) would be a bonus, but getting one which doesn't loose=
 packets
>  > at 100Mbs would already be nice :)
>=20
> Intel has (had?) a dual-port 10/100 "server adapter" based on the i82558,
> but it also used a PCI-PCI bridge.
>=20
> Intel also has new dual-port Gig-E cards (PRO/1000 MT, I think) which
> will be supported by the "wm" driver shortly (they are indeed multifuncti=
on
> parts, rather than using a PCI-PCI bridge).

Given that any significant sized PCI bus must be bridged anyway... whats
wrong with PCI-PCI bridges?

	-is
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