[812] in NetBSD-Development
Re: System
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Theodore Ts'o)
Thu Jun 22 22:28:05 1995
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 22:27:36 +0500
From: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@MIT.EDU>
To: "Charles M. Hannum" <mycroft@ai.mit.edu>
Cc: yoav@MIT.EDU, pc-dialup@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Charles M. Hannum's message of Thu, 22 Jun 1995 21:59:17 -0400,
<199506230159.VAA01464@duality.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 21:59:17 -0400
From: "Charles M. Hannum" <mycroft@ai.mit.edu>
Cc: yoav@MIT.EDU, pc-dialup@MIT.EDU
The Lance Ethernet chip is used in most NE2100 clone ethernet
cards. I have a ZEOS Pentium-100 system with the AMD SCSI/Network
chip, and it works fine under Linux using the Lance driver. Other
examples of cards that use the AMD Lance ethernet chip are: Allied
Telesis AT1500 and HP J2405A.
Except for the AMD, those are all ISA cards. We were specifically
looking for a PCI LANCE device. I know there are add-on cards with
them, but I've not had much success finding one.
Well, if you want a PCI LANCE device, and you're getting a Zeos Pentium
PCI system (which it sounds like you are; you're lookingat the
Pantera-90, right?), then I'd suggest the AMD Network chip or the
SCSI/Network chip. That way, you save a PCI slot; it's a lot cheaper
(since all they have to do is pop a chip into the motherboard); and at
least under Linux, it works fine. If you have a driver than can manage
to talk to a PCI LANCE card, I'm pretty sure there'll be no problem
talking to the AMD SCSI/Network chip.
In fact, it might be worthwhile to get the Combo chip; that will give
you both networking and a SCSI interface, and it only costs a little bit
more. (I think the networking chip was $25, and the networking/SCSI
chip was $89, or something like that). I'm not actually using the SCSI
interface yet, since the driver is still beta, but for just a little bit
more money, I gained a lot more flexibility.
In any case, $25 or $89 is a lot cheaper than what a PCI Ethernet card
will cost.
- Ted
