\- Peter Wemm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> stated on
/- [Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 04:49:12AM -0800]:
> I have the NDA'ed docs for the Intel gig and fxp cards. After Intel's
> spectacular efforts to bury Johnathan Lemon's driver for their gig card
> (that outperformed the Intel Linux driver by something like a factor of 5),
> I have lost all respect for Intel's networking division.
Sorry to hear that. The last thing I can find on the Intel gig stuff
was dated at the end of 1999, where Johnathan Lemon wasn't sure if
he could release his version, and Matt Jacob had a version hacked from
the released Linux drivers. I take it Intel didn't give the hoped for
permission.
> As long as Intel are being this stupid, Intel hardware is never going to be
> well supported. The fxp driver is starting to slip behind because Intel
> wont give DG updated fxp docs without him signing an NDA that prevents him
> from releasing the updated driver.
That part I get, hence the question of what's the next best card/driver.
I was also (coincidentally) thinking of the Intel ads which feature
Yahoo! ads using servers with their processors. I was wondering if
perhaps someone technical at Yahoo might have some clout with Intel.
Yes, I realize that's pretty naive. :)
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