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Date:      Fri, 29 Oct 2004 19:57:47 +0200
From:      Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl>
To:        claudiubichir@yahoo.com
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Compatible NIC
Message-ID:  <20041029175747.GB7071@pcwin002.win.tue.nl>
In-Reply-To: <12f.4ef7e28f.2eb3c860@aol.com>
References:  <12f.4ef7e28f.2eb3c860@aol.com>

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On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 12:22:56PM -0400, TM4525@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 10/29/04 12:13:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time,=20
> ilkerozupak@yahoo.com writes:
>=20
> >>quick sho> I want to buy a NIC and I want it to be compatible
> >> with FreeBSD.
> >> Is RealTek 8139 compatible with FreeBsd ?
> >=20
> >> rt answer : yes
>=20
> >long answer:
> >see hardware notes' it is listed there.
> >
> >RealTek 8129/8139 Fast Ethernet NICs ( rl(4) driver)
>=20
> Check the driver source. Any driver witten by Bill Paul should be avoided
> if possible.=20

Or you can do what any remotely sane person does, which is ignoring the crap
that the previous poster writes and just use the driver.

--Stijn

--=20
"An adult is a child who has more ethics and morals, that's all."
		-- Shigeru Miyamoto

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