>From: "Charles Steinkuehler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks for the response!
>Also, I think Donald Becker has drivers for the GBit Intel cards, and his >drivers are almost always easy to compile and usually work >quite well... Actually, Donald Becker's page at http://www.scyld.com/network/ says: "Contact Intel directly for the Linux driver for their gigabit card. They have a non-GPL driver. Because of the license conflict this driver may not be pre-linked or pre-patched into the Linux kernel. " >From where I sit this is a not a positive sign, does this mean I should avoid PRO/1000 cards and/or embedded 82544 chips? >Hmm...if the prices aren't that much different, I'd probably go with >the spiffier systems. Especially if they use a 'normal' desktop >chipset you can verify LEAF (or linux 2.2.19) runs on successfully. >Worst case, you might have to compile a custom kernel (or get someone >to do it for you). As it happens, the dual PRO/1000s come on a motherboard with a ServerWorks HE chipset, while the dual PRO/100+s come on a motherboard with an Intel 440BX. Am I likely to have better results with the lower-tech chipset? >Wear your gloves! Whenever I'm messing with rack-mount stuff, it >seems like I always manage to slice up my hands... Yup. You're smarter than me, I just keep band-aids in my desk. ;) _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
