On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Brian Hechinger wrote:

> actually i wasn't talking kernel vs userland, i was asking abour hardware
> versus software.  are there any advantages to not having done ring negotiation
> in hardware(firmware?)

Oh, OK... similar arguments wrt. ease of upgrading and experimenting
apply, but that's about it, I guess.

> 
> thanks,
> 
> -brian
> 

ABS

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