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To: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: 3com Driver and the 3XP Processor
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From: Jes Sorensen <jes@sunsite.dk>
Date: 25 Jun 2001 17:45:48 +0200
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>>>>> "David" == David S Miller <davem@redhat.com> writes:

David> Kip Macy writes:
>> The acenic is definitely a kick-ass card. One's natural inclination
>> is to assume that an interface is obscured because it is second
>> rate.

David> No, that's not my take.  My personal view is that 3com thinks
David> that allowing anyone to program the card like that was the
David> biggest mistake Alteon made with the Acenic.

Of course one then goes to wonder why the AceNIC suddenly became the
most sold Gigabit Ethernet card on the market ... oh my, I love 3Com's
way of thinking ;-(

Jes (yes I know it's late responding to this)