Messages in this thread |  | | | From | "Timothy A. DeWees" <> | | Subject | Re: Need e1000.o (Intel 1GB NIC driver) for 2.4.x | | Date | Tue, 8 Aug 2000 11:13:17 -0400 |
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3Com offers a nice Gbit card for around 600 dollars from Tech Data. It is the 3C985b, and it runs with the acenic driver. It has a minor problem with DHCP, but that can be easily fixed.
----- Original Message ----- From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Jes Sorensen <jes@linuxcare.com> Cc: 'Linux Kernel Maillist' <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 10:49 AM Subject: Re: Need e1000.o (Intel 1GB NIC driver) for 2.4.x
> > > > >>>>> "Matthew" == Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> writes: > > > > >> Unless this has changed dramatically from the original release I > > >> looked at (v1.0 or so), then now would probably be a good time to > > >> look into the portabillity and other 'issues' (or should I say lack > > >> of) in the driver ;-) > > > > Matthew> You might want to look at the port I did for FreeBSD/OpenBSD > > Matthew> for this card (if_wx.c/if_wxvar.h). It's really hard to get > > Matthew> info out of Intel about the card, which is too bad because I > > Matthew> sure like the programming model. > > > > Personally I would rather go pick a card from another vendor which > > supports Free Software properly. But then again I am biased. > > You won't get any argument from me on that one. I had a bit of a light > shouting match with the supposed 'manager for open source products' at Intel > on this subject last year: > > He: "You have to sign an NDA to get techical info" > Me: "Fine. That's understandable. However, all you > need tell then is which information you *don't* > want made public (e.g., "XXXX feature we'd like > to not see out there"). But a basic functioning > driver will be open source." > He: "I'll have to get back to you on that." > <<session times out>> > > If I hadn't had a client that had wanted me to specifically do the Intel board > (and release it to *BSD- way to go, Traakan!) I certainly wouldn't have > bothered, although, as I said, I like the chip's programming model. > > Netgear is supposed to be very supportive with SDK's. > > -matt > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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