Subject: Re: Why is Samba so much slower on NetBSD than FreeBSD?
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Giles Lean <giles@nemeton.com.au>
List: current-users
Date: 10/24/1998 11:05:38
On Fri, 23 Oct 1998 10:55:36 -0700  Jonathan Stone wrote:

> The 3com 10/100 line okay, the fifos are adequate for 50 mbit/sec or
> thereabouts.  I've found they can actually be a win over dma on some
> of the less-well-performing pentium-pro PCI chipsets.  The only
> problem is the 3c905b, which dropped compatibility with the 3c509
> programmed I/O model and is dma-only.  the driver in -current doesnt
> support it yet, though.

Is anyone working on such a driver?  Through the mysteries of
corporate hardware purchasing I've ended up with one of these,
and it would be nice to use it one day. :-)

Giles