Re: Status of IBM token ring driver?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 25 May 1998 17:48:43 +0100 (BST)

> I will be trying to set up a Boewulf class cluster at my school soond
> (nifty stuff :). Unfortunately, because we are in New York the school
> administration thinks we should be married to IBM. We are running token
> ring and I would like an update on the token ring driver.

You cant get 100Mbit token ring. At 16Mbits you are going to be crippled
Put 100Mbits internal to the cluster, and a single token ring interface to
the outside world

> According to the token-ring mini howto there is currently no support for
> the PCI cards, is this still true? Also, I played with token ring way

Yes. I'm working on the lanstreamer however. Peopel are beginning work on
some non IBM adapters too
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