[geeks] Opinion: RTL8169 vs. Intel PCI e1000?

Jonathan Patschke jp at celestrion.net
Mon Jan 3 21:02:19 CST 2011


On Mon, 3 Jan 2011, Bill Bradford wrote:

> Should I look into finding a PCI Intel e1000 card to use instead, and
> disable the onboard?


When evaluating hardware, I frequently find it useful to look through the
OpenBSD, NetBSD, and Linux driver source--not to learn how the card works
(although that's fun, too)--but to look for disparaging comments.

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