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Subject: Re: NICs not in GENERIC
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On Feb 21, 2012, at 7:56 AM, Alexander Leidinger wrote:

> Hi,
>=20
> is there a specific reason that the following NICs are not (or shall =
not be) in GENERIC (at least on i386)?
> - if_cas: is compiled as a module, Sun hardware, non-x86 only?
> - if_gem: is compiled as a module, Apple/Sun, non-x86 only?
> - if_hme: is compiled as a module, Sun hardware, non-x86 only?

If these aren't for i386 hardware, then why would they need to be in the =
i386 GENERIC profile?

Scott