[Pc_Support] Re: AMD buys ATI, is this good or bad -- AMD has a core chipset logic already

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Tue, 2006-07-25 at 12:00 -0400, Kyle Gonzales wrote:
> OR they use the wonderful Broadcom networking chipsets which sadly have
> the same issues.  Sometimes you get one that works great, other times
> not so much...

I think you _missed_ my point.

The MAC is in the chipset, provided by ATI, nVidia, etc...
The PHY is _external_ to the chipset.

Most of Broadcom's products are _well_ supported.
The problem is not every MAC+PHY combination is supported immediately.

> And Intel spends alot of engineering resources to make sure their
> network drivers work in Linux.

So does nVidia.  So do most companies that rely on EDA tools for their
core business.

> While this might suck for the manufacturers to be forced to use the
> approved PHY chip, its does help enterprise customers to know that the
> equipment will "just work" out of the box.

Agreed.


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