From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 20 16:52:29 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA03463 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 20 Jan 1996 16:52:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA03458 for ; Sat, 20 Jan 1996 16:52:27 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id QAA04329; Sat, 20 Jan 1996 16:53:43 -0800 Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 16:53:43 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: journeyman@mail.utexas.edu cc: questions@freebsd.org, journeyman@mail.utexas.edu, jcroix@beast.amd.com Subject: Re: 3Com 3C509 plug-n-play support? In-Reply-To: <199601201945.NAA00201@taveren.utexas.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 20 Jan 1996, John F. Croix wrote: > I'm thinking about trying FreeBSD on my system (I currently run Linux). The > only piece of hwardware that I *really* need to know that FreeBSD supports > before I blow $40 for a CD-ROM is the plug-n-play 3Com 3C509 ethernet card. Yes sir. The 3c509 is supported in the ep0 driver, which is undergoing some review right now but should be OK for your needs. Plug and Pray is not supported, but that is easy to fix -- just disable it in 3c5x9cfg, find some values that work for you, and plug into boot -c or when you recompile your kernel. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major