Jon Elson wrote: > Peter C. Wallace wrote: > >> As John says the real problem is getting realtime Ethernet support on the >> EMC >> host. >> >> As I said before maybe the way to ease into this is just support 1 or a few >> Ethernet chips, and require the user to have a add-in PCI/PCIe Ethernet card >> with the required chip. >> >> > Having fought this problem to some extent with the par port, I can't > IMAGINE the headache when a potential customer shows up and you tell him > "Oh, it only works on computers with a DEC Tulip ethernet chip." Add, > he says, "How do I tell, sight unseen, whether any particular computer > has that specific chip?" > No, it has to have a bit wider hardware support to be viable. > > Jon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > >
yes looking inside a computer may be difficult for a newbee but it'd be a pci card, not a computer and the chips on the card are pretty visible the one that looks like a deers head logo is popular and cheap RealTek ?? that brand has worked for me since Yggsadril Linux's : regards tomp ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
