From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri May 22 20:10:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA21176 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Fri, 22 May 1998 20:10:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gjp.erols.com (root@alex-va-n008c243.moon.jic.com [206.156.18.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA21164 for ; Fri, 22 May 1998 20:10:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) Received: from gjp.erols.com (gjp@localhost.erols.com [127.0.0.1]) by gjp.erols.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA22035; Fri, 22 May 1998 23:10:27 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) To: Tom cc: Hugh LaMaster , FreeBSD Hardware From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: Seeking hardware recommendations In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 22 May 1998 17:31:12 PDT." Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 23:10:27 -0400 Message-ID: <22031.895893027@gjp.erols.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Tom wrote in message ID : > The DEC chipsets are not that well supported. The media detection is > problematic. There are many variances from model to model (at least a > half a dozen different chipset versions). Ugh... The real problem is that there are a number of `general purpose' pins on the 21x4x series that Digital didn't assign use for. Each manufacturer of cards based on the DEC chipset uses them for different things, like programming media selections. This is where the real problem arrises... Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message