From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Sep 12 10:20:43 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA19949 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 10:20:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nemesis.idirect.com (root@nemesis.idirect.com [207.136.80.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA19924; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 10:20:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from thor.idirect.com (jlixfeld@thor.idirect.com [207.136.80.105]) by nemesis.idirect.com (8.8.5/8.8.4) with SMTP id NAA10215; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 13:20:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (jlixfeld@localhost) by thor.idirect.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id NAA09591; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 13:20:13 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: thor.idirect.com: jlixfeld owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 13:20:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Jason Lixfeld To: Narvi cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCI DLink DFE500-TX 10/100MB DEC Tulip 21140AE REV2-C Chipset Ethernet Card In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I'm going to grab the driver off the site. I need the practise compiling kernels on BSD! :) I'm a linux expert, but due to it's limitations that our organization is quickly discovering, a switch to FreeBSD seems prudent at this point! On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, Narvi wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, Jason Lixfeld wrote: > > > Is their support for this card? It did not have the drivers for it when I > > attempted to use this card when doing an FTP install. I used a 3Com > > 3C509B 10MB ISA. BSD/OS and Linux both had problems or driver > > incompatibilities when 21140AC REV1-B updated to 21140AE REV2-C. I'm > > wondering if FreeBSD 2.2.2 has the same incompatibility, and is their a > > driver that will support the new chipset, and where do I find it to > > compile it into a new kernel?! > > > > Thanks in Advance, > > > > Jason Lixfeld > > > > > > Such driver exists and is available, look at www.3am-software.com. I can > mail the tar files to you aswell. It is a drop-in replacement. > > Sander > > There is no love, no good, no happiness and no future - > all these are just illusions. > > >