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Date:      Sun, 26 Jul 1998 14:26:03 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Robert Swindells <rjs@fdy2.demon.co.uk>
Cc:        mike@smith.net.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: AMD PCNet/FAST cards; suppliers? 
Message-ID:  <199807262126.OAA11963@antipodes.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 26 Jul 1998 19:58:10 BST." <199807261858.TAA00871@fdy2.demon.co.uk> 

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> >Recognising isn't so much the battle as working with them.  But yes, 
> >please do.  (File PR, naturally).
> 
> The driver in stable works fine with both the PCnet PCI-II and the
> PCnet-FAST reference boards from AMD.

That's very interesting.  Reports and experience have suggested that 
some implementations don't work, but it's good to know that we do 
function correctly with the reference implementations.

> I have added support for the extra registers on these boards, but I
> did it more to allow me to debug some flakey hardware than to use the
> extra functionality. If I get time, I will add mediaopt support.

Thanks.  Some support for the 32-bit I/O mode might improve efficiency 
too.

-- 
\\  Sometimes you're ahead,       \\  Mike Smith
\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
\\  The race is long, and in the  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\  end it's only with yourself.  \\  msmith@cdrom.com



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