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-rw-r--r--README.CD3
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/README b/README
index 0845291921..1a5e4e9233 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ e1000, Broadcom BCM 57xx (tg3), 3COM 3c905 (3c59x). Adding support for
other NICs that support hardware DMA scatter/gather from half-word
aligned addresses is relatively straightforward, by porting the
equivalent Linux driver. Drivers for a number of other older cards
-have recently been added [pcnet32, e100, tulip], but are untested and
-not recommended.
+have recently been added [pcnet32, e100, tulip], but these are not
+recommended since they require extra packet copies.
Building Xen and XenoLinux
diff --git a/README.CD b/README.CD
index a6fc77c47b..b141ba7d60 100644
--- a/README.CD
+++ b/README.CD
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ CPU: Pentium Pro/II/III/IV/Xeon, Athlon (i.e. P6 or newer) SMP supported
IDE: Intel PIIX chipset, others will be PIO only (slow)
SCSI: Adaptec / Dell PERC Raid (aacraid), megaraid, Adaptec aic7xxx
Net: Recommended: Intel e1000, Broadcom BCM57xx (tg3), 3c905 (3c59x)
- Tested but require extra copies : pcnet32
- Untested and also requires extra copies : Intel e100, tulip
+ Working, but require extra copies : pcnet32, Intel e100, tulip
Because of the demo CD's use of RAM disks, make sure you have plenty
of RAM (256MB+).