On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, Anton Ivanov wrote: > >> Has anybody dealt with the newest Adaptec Quad Ethernet adapters (ANA > >> 62044 Four-Port). > > > > http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/ethercard.html > > ftp://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/linux/drivers/test/starfire.c > > I asked about ANA 62044 (AIC_-6915). You are referring me to ANA-6922A. Are > these the same? They both use the Starfire chip design, and work with the driver above. (Adaptec wants me to call it by the marketing name "DuraLAN", but it's not as if they paid to develop the driver.) > >> In btw: Adaptec (nothing unusual) just quoted their web page literally > >> bragging about NT and Novell. So much for all the PR they got at > >> linux-expo. > > > > Another vendor of note: Intel finally releaead a driver for their gigabit > > Ethernet card, but not under the GPL. They talk the talk, but don't walk > > the walk. > > Offtopic on GB nics: > I am actually quite happy with the Packet Engines hamachi its only problem being > that it too often makes bugs in other hardware/software (routers, switches, > etc) show up. The real problem with the Hamachi is that Alcatel (which bought Packet Engines for their wonderful switch design) isn't interested in the NIC market and will be shutting down production on December 1. Donald Becker Scyld Computing Corporation, and USRA-CESDIS, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
