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Date:      Thu, 13 Mar 1997 18:25:59 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        chad@anasazi.com
Cc:        se@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: PCI ethernet
Message-ID:  <199703130755.SAA03800@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <9703130734.AA13521@chad.anasazi.com> from "Chad R. Larson" at "Mar 13, 97 00:34:00 am"

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Chad R. Larson stands accused of saying:
> 
> Unfortunately, I had failed to notice that although 2.1.7 now handles
> the SCSI controller, it does not handle the PCI ethernet adapter.
> Bummer.  No network.
> 
> So, here's the question.  How hard would it be to put the PCI ethernet
> code from 2.2 into 2.1.7?  Would that be loonie in light of my desire
> for stability?

Depends.  More importantly though, the Lance is not a scintillating
performer, and if your time is worth anything much to you, a cheap
Tulip (DC2104x) based card (eg. SMC EtherPower PCI or Alloy EtherGold
PCI) would be a much better way to go in terms of performance and 
supportedness.

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