Subject: Re: 10/100 Ethernet for ISA?
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 07/05/2002 20:58:48
> > 3Com 3c509 works well:
> > 
> > ep0 at isa0 port 0x300-0x30f irq 5: 3Com 3C509 Ethernet
> > ep0: address 00:20:af:b5:45:ad, 8KB byte-wide FIFO, 1:1 Rx:Tx split
> > ep0: 10baseT, 10base5, 10base2 (default 10baseT)

> The 3c509 is only 10mbit. The 3c515 is 10/100mbit ISA

With only 4k rx buffer space and 16bit ISA transfers the system
won't stand any sort of usage at 100M.
It'll probably fail at 10M with the default large window sizes
that netbsd seems to use.

	David

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