Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 13:57:18 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> To: Antony T Curtis <antony@abacus.co.uk> Cc: "Paul A. Howes" <pahowes@fair-ware.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New Intel NICs... Message-ID: <200101222057.f0MKvI912239@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 22 Jan 2001 12:20:10 GMT." <3A6C257A.140E27C2@abacus.co.uk> References: <3A6C257A.140E27C2@abacus.co.uk> <BCEFKOJHNDEAJONMKMHEIEKPCGAA.pahowes@fair-ware.com>
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In message <3A6C257A.140E27C2@abacus.co.uk> Antony T Curtis writes: : "Paul A. Howes" wrote: : > : > All- : > : > I know FreeBSD has great support for the Intel EtherExpress Pro 10 and 100B : > series cards. I was just checking Intel's web site, and they seem to have : > phased out the 100B in favor of a 100S, which incorporates harware-based : > encryption, and a "new-and-improved" version of the chip, dubbed the : > "82550". Are our drivers still compatible with the new card? Also, can our : > drivers take advantage of the encryption? : : ROTFL! Isn't the 82550A UART chips for serial comms? : Nothing like a bit of chip numbering to confuse everyone. The 8250 is an ancient UART chip. It begat the 16450 (becayuse 82*2 is 164 and 50 means uart :-). Which begat the 16550, the 16650, the 16750 and I think the 16850. Plus clones, knock offs, macro cells, and the whole nine yards of imitation. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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