(originally to port-i386)

On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 11:40:53AM -0700, Andrew Gillham wrote:

> I have:
>    SMC Etherpower II ("epic" driver) -- Great board, not easy/cheap to get.
>    Compaq labeled 82558 ("fxp" driver) -- Great board, $22/each at the time.
>    Various DEC 21xxx or clones ("de" or "tlp" driver) -- Some are great.
>    RealTek 8139 ("rtk" driver) -- Performs just ok, cheap. (like $10)
>    National NS83820 ("gsip" driver) -- 10/100/1000 copper.  Fast! $75/each
> 
> I would tend to say the 'fxp' boards are your best bet.  At least from my
> experience they have proven to be very fast and stable.  Jason Thorpe seems
> to be always squeezing a few extra megabits out of them (and others) as well.

do the fxp/tlp drivers work for these cards in a sparc64 box?

and is there a working driver for qfe/ge/eri interfaces?

g.