From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri May 24 10:23:26 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA06307 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 24 May 1996 10:23:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Root.COM (implode.Root.COM [198.145.90.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA06280; Fri, 24 May 1996 10:23:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Root.COM (8.7.5/8.6.5) with SMTP id KAA20577; Fri, 24 May 1996 10:23:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199605241723.KAA20577@Root.COM> X-Authentication-Warning: implode.Root.COM: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: "Rodney W. Grimes" cc: phk@critter.tfs.com (Poul-Henning Kamp), gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@time.cdrom.com, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AMD's K5 processor in SMP applications? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 24 May 1996 09:19:28 PDT." <199605241619.JAA17969@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> From: David Greenman Reply-To: davidg@Root.COM Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 10:23:16 -0700 Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> > "Rodney W. Grimes" wrote in message ID >> > <199605232347.QAA17531@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>: >> > > For the above ASUS PCI/X-P54NP4 (X is either E or I depeding on Eisa Or Isa >> ) >> > > boards any pair of stepping 5 or higher chips will work fine. >> > >> > Translation: you don't need a special `S'lave processor, just another >> > ordinary P5? (assuming that the chip hasn't been sat on a shelf for a >> > while) >> >> Yeah, now we just need something better than the Neptune chipset... >> >> Anybody working on support for HP's 10/100 netcards ? >> otherwise my P6 will not be on the net :-( > >Why not? Is it that you need 100VG? If so Compex makes a DEC 21140 >based 100VG card that should work just fine with FreeBSD. The Compex 100BaseVG card does not use the DEC DC21140 chip. I believe it uses an AT&T chip. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project