Re: Broadcom 5700/5701 Gigabit Ethernet Adapters

David S. Miller
2002-03-11T01:34:58Z

From: Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 18:14:56 -0700

I note the Intel card is pretty expensive. What are these "Addtron"
cards I see listed on www.pricewatch.com for US$36 ?Is that a
supported card under another name?

Probably Natsemi chipset based, it's not a good performer at all.

> All the cards listed above have good GPL'd drivers available.

When is the E1000 driver going to be added to the kernel?

It's in 2.5.x already... It will hit 2.4.x as soon as Intel's
QA signs off on what Jeff Garzik currently has (which is in VGER
2.4.x CVS branch btw if you want to check it out).