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Date:      Mon, 26 Feb 1996 21:23:37 -0700
From:      Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>
To:        hosokawa@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp (HOSOKAWA Tatsumi)
Cc:        nate@sri.MT.net, kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: notebook
Message-ID:  <199602270423.VAA02557@rocky.sri.MT.net>
In-Reply-To: <199602270202.LAA16913@frig.mt.cs.keio.ac.jp>
References:  <199602261651.JAA29621@rocky.sri.MT.net> <199602270202.LAA16913@frig.mt.cs.keio.ac.jp>

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> >> As far as ethernet goes, I used to recommend the 3Com cards, but
> >> apparently they've changed things in recent 3C589C models so they no
> >> longe work with our if_zp driver, and I haven't had much luck contacting
> >> the PC-CARD folks since they've apparently have a working driver for the
> >> new cards but the fix hasn't made it into our driver yet.
> 
> Sorry!  if_zp can drive 3c589C with this patch.
> 
> *** if_zp.c.orig	Thu Feb 22 12:14:28 1996
> --- if_zp.c	Thu Feb 22 12:15:21 1996
> ***************
> *** 534,541 ****
> --- 534,543 ----
>   #else
>       pcic_map_memory(slot, 0, kvtop(isa_dev->id_maddr), 0x10000, 8L,
>   		    ATTRIBUTE, 1);
> + #if 0
>       POKE(isa_dev->id_maddr, 0x80);	/* reset the card (how long?) */
>       DELAY(40000);
> + #endif
>   #endif
>       /*
>        * Set the configuration index.  According to [1], the adapter won't

Thank you.  Can someone with a 3C589C test this change, so I can put it
into the tree?  I'll test it to make sure it doesn't break my 3C589B as well.

> >> So, I would go with the IBM Credit Card adapter for ethernet if I were
> >> going to buy one today simply because it has known support in FreeBSD
> >> right now.
> 
> IBM Credit Card Ethenet is expensive and it's not so fast.  My
> recommendation is 3C589[BC] w/ pccard-test driver. It's too fast and
> it costs reasonable price.

I agree, but until we get the pccard stuff working (hint hint) it's not
a solution. :)

Thanks for the patch!


Nate



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