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Date:      Fri, 24 May 1996 10:52:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>
To:        davidg@Root.COM
Cc:        phk@critter.tfs.com, gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@time.cdrom.com, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: AMD's K5 processor in SMP applications?
Message-ID:  <199605241752.KAA18168@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>
In-Reply-To: <199605241723.KAA20577@Root.COM> from David Greenman at "May 24, 96 10:23:16 am"

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> >> > "Rodney W. Grimes" wrote in message ID
> >> > <199605232347.QAA17531@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>:
> >> > > For the above ASUS PCI/X-P54NP4 (X is either E or I depeding on Eisa Or Isa
> >> )
> >> > > boards any pair of stepping 5 or higher chips will work fine.
> >> > 
> >> > Translation: you don't need a special `S'lave processor, just another
> >> > ordinary P5? (assuming that the chip hasn't been sat on a shelf for a
> >> > while)
> >> 
> >> Yeah, now we just need something better than the Neptune chipset...
> >> 
> >> Anybody working on support for HP's 10/100 netcards ?
> >> otherwise my P6 will not be on the net :-(
> >
> >Why not?  Is it that you need 100VG?  If so Compex makes a DEC 21140
> >based 100VG card that should work just fine with FreeBSD.
> 
>    The Compex 100BaseVG card does not use the DEC DC21140 chip. I believe it
> uses an AT&T chip.

Agghh.. your correct, I just checked the lituature pile, never mind....

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Rod Grimes                                      rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com
Accurate Automation Company                 Reliable computers for FreeBSD



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