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Subject: Re: Does FreeBSD 4.9R-p3 support the 3Com 3C940 LAN card? 
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Hi Mark,

as the man page states :

     The sk driver provides support for the SysKonnect SK-984x and SK-982x
     series PCI gigabit ethernet adapters, including the following:

           o   3COM 3C940 single port, 1000baseT adapter
           o   Linksys EG1032 single port, 1000baseT adapter
           o   SK-9521 SK-NET GE-T single port, 1000baseT adapter
           o   SK-9821 SK-NET GE-T single port, 1000baseT adapter
           o   SK-9822 SK-NET GE-T dual port, 1000baseT adapter
           o   SK-9841 SK-NET GE-LX single port, single mode fiber adapter
           o   SK-9842 SK-NET GE-LX dual port, single mode fiber adapter
           o   SK-9843 SK-NET GE-SX single port, multimode fiber adapter
           o   SK-9844 SK-NET GE-SX dual port, multimode fiber adapter
           o   SMC 9452TX single port, 1000baseT adapter

Best Kai

> Hello,
> 
> Does FreeBSD 4.9R-p3 support the 3Com 3C940 LAN card? The 3Com 3C940 does
> not appear on either the 5.x or 4.9 hardware list, but someone one the
> freebsd-questions list said I should try the sk(4) driver. Which I do not
> quite understand; as:
> 
> device  sk  # SysKonnect SK-984x and SK-982x gigabit ethernet
> 
> Seems to support a different kind of NIC. Can someone please clarify this
> for me?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> - Mark
> 
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