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Date:      Wed, 18 Sep 1996 20:28:19 -0700
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        Joe McGuckin <joe@via.net>
Cc:        hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: DEC PCI CHIP QUESTION 
Message-ID:  <199609190328.UAA01140@root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 18 Sep 1996 18:28:36 PDT." <199609190128.SAA10248@monk.via.net> 

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>Can't the Dec PCI chip operate full duplex? Are software changes or ifconfig 
>flags needed?

   It's possible, but it may require some driver changes.

>We just bought an ethernet switch that can configure it's ports as full
>duplex.

   I'll be getting a 100BASE-TX switch in a few days and I'll be working on
full duplex support in the fxp driver for the Intel Pro/100B. I've heard that
Matt Thomas has patches for the de driver and I intend to pursue this, too.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project



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