From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Aug 30 00:06:48 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id AAA15115 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 30 Aug 1996 00:06:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.crl.com (mail.crl.com [165.113.1.22]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA15106; Fri, 30 Aug 1996 00:06:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from root.com (implode.root.com) by mail.crl.com with SMTP id AA26956 (5.65c/IDA-1.5); Fri, 30 Aug 1996 00:05:19 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by root.com (8.7.5/8.6.5) with SMTP id AAA23282; Fri, 30 Aug 1996 00:02:40 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199608300702.AAA23282@root.com> X-Authentication-Warning: implode.root.com: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: "David E. Tweten" Cc: "Gary Palmer" , brandon@tombstone.sunrem.com, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 3COM network cards.. In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 29 Aug 1996 19:43:04 PDT." <199608300243.TAA05081@ns.frihet.com> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 00:02:40 -0700 Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >gpalmer@FreeBSD.org said: >>I don't know of any (supported) EISA 100bT(X) ether cards for FreeBSD > >Too bad, but thanks for helping. > >To be somewhat more specific than I was previouslyh, for anyone who might >be able to think of one, what I'm interested in is the identity of the EISA >burst mode bus mastering 10/100 Base T interface card that is best >supported among the contenders under FreeBSD. I continue to hope that set >is not null. Unfortunately, it is null. I tried to get programming information for the SMC card over a year ago and was unable to without an NDA. All of my machines here are now ISA/PCI so I've lost interest in this, too. The EISA ethernet cards have typically cost in the $500-$600 range, and since PCI ethernet cards have been available cheap and programming information easy to get, it doesn't make sense to write a driver for one. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project