[vortex] Gigabit NSC NIC

[devdrvr]

Is anyone working on, or no about the new gigabit card and chip from
National Semi (what is the name, and where did the ASIC come from)?  Is
there a Linux driver for it?  What about performance; I hear it knocks the
socks off the Tigon-2 based (now) 3COM card (including my MacOS driver,
ouch).  Supposedly, Netgear bought Alteon and because they had a partnership
deal with NSC for this new gig chip, that is why they sold the division to
3COM; discarding it because they didn't want it.

--Lu
Device Driver Programmer
Davis, CA
01 (530) 400-5692