From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Jan 22 12:58: 2 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from harmony.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7377537B698 for ; Mon, 22 Jan 2001 12:57:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f0MKvI912239; Mon, 22 Jan 2001 13:57:18 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Message-Id: <200101222057.f0MKvI912239@harmony.village.org> To: Antony T Curtis Subject: Re: New Intel NICs... Cc: "Paul A. Howes" , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 22 Jan 2001 12:20:10 GMT." <3A6C257A.140E27C2@abacus.co.uk> References: <3A6C257A.140E27C2@abacus.co.uk> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 13:57:18 -0700 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <3A6C257A.140E27C2@abacus.co.uk> Antony T Curtis writes: : "Paul A. Howes" wrote: : > : > All- : > : > I know FreeBSD has great support for the Intel EtherExpress Pro 10 and 100B : > series cards. I was just checking Intel's web site, and they seem to have : > phased out the 100B in favor of a 100S, which incorporates harware-based : > encryption, and a "new-and-improved" version of the chip, dubbed the : > "82550". Are our drivers still compatible with the new card? Also, can our : > drivers take advantage of the encryption? : : ROTFL! Isn't the 82550A UART chips for serial comms? : Nothing like a bit of chip numbering to confuse everyone. The 8250 is an ancient UART chip. It begat the 16450 (becayuse 82*2 is 164 and 50 means uart :-). Which begat the 16550, the 16650, the 16750 and I think the 16850. Plus clones, knock offs, macro cells, and the whole nine yards of imitation. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message