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To: Nick Esborn <nick@capella.grayphics.com>
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Subject: Re: ix0 problem fixed in stable? 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 21 May 1996 10:52:38 PDT."
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 13:33:42 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> I heard a while ago that the ix0: device timeout problem was soon to be 
> fixed in the current release... I was wondering when this fix is likely 
> to filter down to the stable release?

This driver is actually slated to be rewritten, but no immediate
short-term improvements are planned.

> Other than that, how soon will support for the DEC Fast Etherworks or one 
> of the SMC fast ethernet cards be added to stable?  Which of the two 

Support for SMC fast ethernet cards (the 10/100) already exists in
-stable.

					Jordan