> Do you know if the SMT runs on the FDDI card, similar to the DEC FDDI
> boards?  I don't think I'd be too happy with a bunch of lower layer
> network handling running in the kernel, but I've no numbers or experience
> to back that up.  Just a feeling.

The SMT in the NPI cards run in the kernel device driver.  Thats the big
problem with them.

> Possibly.  For me, however, NetBSD is probably my only alternative.  I've
> 6 different platforms that I run on, and having _exactly_ the same
> environment is the only thing [besides a cup of coffee] that keeps me
> sane...
> 
> Plus, I was hoping to give other NetBSD/sparc users access to FDDI.  I
> don't know how many other people would use it, but it's another card in
> the NetBSD hand ;-)

It wouldn't be a bad thing...if someone could get ahold of the programming
information and had the penchant for sadism & masochism needed to write
the software based SMT.