From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue May 5 07:56:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA28065 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 5 May 1998 07:56:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA28046 for ; Tue, 5 May 1998 07:56:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [194.198.43.36]) by ns1.yes.no (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA01310; Tue, 5 May 1998 14:56:04 GMT Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id QAA00935; Tue, 5 May 1998 16:56:05 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19980505165604.36955@follo.net> Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 16:56:04 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund To: Chris Dillon , Bill Paul Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Call for testers for ThunderLAN ethernet driver References: <199805050505.BAA28835@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Chris Dillon on Tue, May 05, 1998 at 08:14:52AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, May 05, 1998 at 08:14:52AM -0500, Chris Dillon wrote: > On Tue, 5 May 1998, Bill Paul wrote: > > > I would appreciate if people running FreeBSD 2.2.6 that have Compaq > > hardware could test this driver to make sure it works, and if people > > I have an older Compaq ProsiginiaVS server (486-66, EISA) running 2.2.5 > which has onboard Ethernet and SCSI, neither of which I got working (the > onboard Ether is a Lance/PCnet chip, i think, so it should work), and the > SCSI is an NCR chip of some kind. I do have a Compaq (Netflex2/TR??) card > sitting in a drawer that was Ethernet/TokenRing selectable, and I might be > able to pop it back into Ethernet mode, plug it in, and test it out, maybe > even as early as July. ;-> (production box).. I wish someone would come up > with a driver for the stinkin' Compaq SCSI stuff, too. :-) The stinkin' Compaq SCSI stuff worked fine for me, but I never took that box beyond 2.1 (I've quit the company where I used it). Ditto for the Lance-based NetFlexes. There were some initial problems getting the PCI probed correctly, but merging from (then) 2.2-current made them go away. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message