Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 15:01:18 +0100 (MET) From: Udo Wolter <uwp@charite.de> To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: NE2000 PCI with 100MBit anyone ? Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.02.9901201454160.5984-100000@postamt1.charite.de>
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Hi !
I have some problems in understanding the hardware compatibility. I'm
planning to buy a NE2000 clone because they're very cheap. I've seen
some with PCI interface and 100 MBit so I'm wondering if they will
get recognized and if they will run ?
I've seen some people mentioned their NE2000-clones running in their
systems even though they're PCI based. In the Hardware guide of FreeBSD
only ISA cards are mentioned. If PCI also runs I'm wondering why
many soundcards won't run in a PCI version even though they have similar
chipsets in the ISA versions (which run already) ?
Or are there only some NE2000 clones running perfectly ? What about
NE2000 PCMCIA cards ? I have a general problem with the idea of compatibility
regarding ISA or PCI devices. Can anyone explain these coherences ?
If a device is supported will it work with ISA, with PCI, with both
Bus-systems or do any system of them need a special driver ?
Thanx,
Udo
P.S.: Anyway, if anyone uses NE2000 100MBit PCI clones, what is the
maximum data-rate ?
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