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Subject: Re: 3com 3c996b-t support?
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It is just that I was reading this page where they evaluate
gigi cards and they used the drivers from 3com.

http://www.cs.uni.edu/~gray/gig-over-copper/

The 3com drivers are open-source though, which makes
me less hesitent.  And the tigon3 drivers lack of documentation
kind of irks me.  I would however like to stick with a mainstream kernel
driver cause the support is there if it is needed.  I guess I will give
both versions a whirl.  From just glancing at the source of both, it seems
that both versions support jumbo frames which is really what I am after.

Steve

Mark Hahn wrote:

>>drivers out and found out which performs better?  Should I
>>stick with what 3com provides or go with what is in the kernel
>>if it works?
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>several good kernel hackers maintain, tune and polish the kernel versions.
>I wouldn't even consider the stuff from the vendor.
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