TheOldFellow wrote: > On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:04:02 -0700 > Justin The Cynical <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I have an older system running LFS 6.1 (currently using kernel 2.6.16.32 >> P4), and I am finding the on-board SiS900 network chip to be lacking. >> >> I have sitting around in my parts collection an HP J3171-60011 PCI LAN >> 10/100TX card (Intel 82557 based) and a 3Com 3C905-TX. >> >> I've looked around, and I can't seem to find any performance information >> on these two cards. Both are well supported, but which one would be the >> better choice to use? >> > > In my experience the cards of that era were all about the same in > performance. The 3COM was probably more widely used. I'd toss a coin.
That's kind of what I'm thinking as well. I recall seeing a page stating that Becker was complaining about the 'strange design' of the 82557 after he saw the Intel driver source code and chip design docs when Intel finally released the stuff. I guess I'll drop in a card and run iperf a few times to see what I get. :-) Thanks for the response! -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
