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Date:      Fri, 08 Jan 1999 11:19:20 -0500
From:      David <davidw@bestweb.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: HP PCI Fast Ethernet Card
Message-ID:  <36962FFD.B6A@bestweb.net>
References:  <36956D74.4D95@bestweb.net>

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I checked through LINT and the 2.2.8 Release to discover if this HP fast
ethernet card (using AMD PCnet Fast chip AM79C871KC) is supported and
came across the lnc0 driver (Thanx Mate, to the person that responded
with the same information).  I presumed that that was for the AMD
PCnet/PCI (79c970 & 53c974 or 79c974) as mentioned in the 2.2.8 Release
info.  I tried it and the card was recognized as lnc1 rather than lnc0. 
I also presume that the reason for that is that the lnc0 line in the
kernel is for an ISA card.  Anyway, the card works but does cause the
kernel to display an error message as follows:

<0.3> babel /kernel lnc1:  Heartbeat Error -- SQE test failed

This error is reported thousands of times (truthfully) during a ftp of
around 48MB (and at other times too) but doesn't prevent packets from
being transmitted or received.

I mention this in hopes that this information will be useful for
improving the driver code and adding support for more ethernet cards.

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