[Justin Walker <justin@xxxxxxx>]

On Jun 25, 2004, at 19:43, Guy Harris wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 09:31:40PM -0700, Justin Walker wrote:
> > Typically, the system's network device handlers do not provide the FCS
> > to applications; that is normally stripped off by the device and
> > effectively dropped.  The only system I know of for sure that provides
> > this facility (under program control only) is AIX 4.x, and not all
> > drivers do this.
>
> Actually, your former employer's driver for at least one of their
> gigabit interfaces

Gigabit?  I've heard of that, but I'm not sure how to spell it.

> does so, with no option to turn it off.  (And their
> systems use PowerPC processors, just as the ones AIX 4.x runs on do.
> :-))

Well, that's what I call service....

> So perhaps he should buy a PowerMac - I don't know whether the shiny 
> new
> G5's Ethernet interfaces have a driver that captures the FCS, but they
> might.

It should be easy for some of us to check :-}

Cheers,

Justin

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