Subject: Re: tlp card
To: NetBSD port-i386 <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Mark White <mark.white@st-edmund-hall.oxford.ac.uk>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/08/2001 00:05:20
Jason R Thorpe writes:
> On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 11:39:35AM +0000, Mark White wrote:
> 
>  > What's wrong with the Via Rhine cards?  (I have a PCI D-Link
>  > using a Via Rhine II, haven't had any trouble with it...)
> 
> The chip puts some constraints on the software that makes efficient
> operation impossible.  Also, many revs of the chip have nasty bugs.

Foo.  Hmm, does that mean I'm getting reduced throughput on
the device, or that the processor is working too hard while
I'm using it?  What kind of throughput should I expect?

What 100mbit PCI cards are recommended?  (This one's a
D-Link DFE-530TX)

Mark <><