From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jul 27 19:11:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA10352 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 19:11:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA10347 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 19:11:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA02814; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 19:08:59 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199807280208.TAA02814@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Mike Smith cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, tech-net@netbsd.org Subject: Re: Macronix MX98713 support for 'de'? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 27 Jul 1998 17:01:55 PDT." <199807280001.RAA02225@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 19:08:59 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Just minutes after posting this, I received a reply from Matt Thomas indicating that the work in question has largely been done. My apologies for the overlap. Hardware is on it's way to Matt; we look forward to hearing his results. > This posting seeks to locate developers interested in adding support > for the Macronix MX98713 and adapters based on this part to the 'de' > driver. Such work would be of immediate benefit to both the FreeBSD > and NetBSD groups. > > The Macronix MX98713 is a clone of the Digital DC2114x 'tulip' family. > Documentation for these parts is available from Macronix' website > (www.macronix.com). Support for these parts already exists in the Linux > tulip driver. Cards featuring the MX98713 typically retail around > US$35.oo or so in one-off quantities, making them an extremely cheap > 100bTX solution for PCI systems. > > We have already attempted to contact Matt Thomas (the maintainer of this > driver), with no response. This may mean that he's not interested, or > just too busy, and this solicitation is not meant as a snub, but rather > just a widening of the net. > > If you're interested in working on this, please contact me off these > lists to reduce followup noise. You may also want to try contacting > Matt (matt@3am-software.com) to coordinate your work. > > Regards, > -- > \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith > \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au > \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message