From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 18 11:04:51 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA22139 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 18 Feb 1997 11:04:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA22126 for ; Tue, 18 Feb 1997 11:04:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id LAA08494; Tue, 18 Feb 1997 11:04:40 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 11:04:40 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: mgrommet@insolwwb.net cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ACK... need help with EtherLink 3c90x In-Reply-To: <199702181455.IAA08975@ns.insolwwb.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 18 Feb 1997 mgrommet@insolwwb.net wrote: > I am attempting to install a system with freebsd 2.5 > but the install does not recognize the 3com 3c90X family... > is there a patch or something out there for these cards? 2.2 and later recognizes these cards. A word of warning: They have a disghustingly low amount of onboard buffer space. YOu'll get an inordinate amount of Ierrs and to a lesser extent Oerrs, but they don't appear to hurt anything. I cross-graded to a de0-supported card and I'm having no problems. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major