Dave O Connor hath declared on Wednesday the 10 day of July 2002 :-:
>http://www.euro.dell.com/countries/ie/enu/pad/products/model_pedge_pedge_1655mc.htm>> Thinking of getting one of these bad boys for an install solution. Only thing
> is, has anyone had any problems with the Broadcom GigE NICs under Linux? I've
> some PE1650s here, but their GigE cards are Intel Pro1000s, so can't really
> compare. I've heard of issues under FreeBSD, but am wondering if anyone has
> had issues under Linux?
AFAIK Broadcom wrote the linux driver themselves,
apparently it works ok, although there are lots of workarounds
for problems with the hardware.
I havn't actually used them myself.
- bobb
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