* Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2007/06/05 18:10, L. V. Lammert wrote: > > On Tue, 5 Jun 2007, Robert Franklin wrote: > > > > > Why not a qfe card from Sun? I've used a quad port Sun PCI card for at > > > least a few years in both me Sun AXI servers, and currently I have one > > > installed in a dell 1550 that works just fine. You can find the Sun > > > quad cards for really cheap off of ebay. I think I picked mine up for > > > around $40 USD. > > > > > Two problems with that: > > > > > qfe is REALLY old > > > qfe is for Sparc, .. might not work on Intel (like the Dell) > > > > Might be worth trying, but don't count on it working. > > I'm pretty sure hme(4) work ok on i386. Also on the cheaper side, > znyx (e.g. netapp pulls; *full* length cards) and dfe570tx turn up > at times.
they do. I have a sun quad hme(4) pci card in an intel box. > > I've had mixed results with Intel quads, ranging from boxes refusing > to POST (on the older ones) and ports not showing up, to corrupted input > packets (GT on a certain motherboard using 64/133), to working absolutely > fine...depends a lot on the motherboard I think. > > fwiw I found that RJ45 plugs lock into place much better on the newer > ones (GT) rather than the older ones (ports are inverted).
