From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jul 28 11:27:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA09548 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 11:27:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from manchester.genrad.com (x159.genrad.co.uk [195.99.3.159]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA09416 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 11:27:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from swindellsr@genrad.co.uk) Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 11:27:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199807281827.LAA09416@hub.freebsd.org> Received: from CDP275.uk.genrad.com by manchester.genrad.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.0.1460.8) id PPD97422; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 19:26:10 +0100 From: Robert Swindells To: faber@ISI.EDU CC: fmc@reanimators.org, mike@smith.net.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <199807281812.LAA18644@tnt.isi.edu> (message from Ted Faber on Tue, 28 Jul 1998 11:12:59 -0700) Subject: Re: AMD PCNet/FAST cards; suppliers? Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >The ethernet on the MX-133 is integrated into the case, i.e. it's not >a PCMCIA card or an add-on. I haven't opened the thing up, but for >all I know the controller's on the motherboard. Apparently they've >made some interesting choices about the defaults for the PCNET chip >they used. It seems to come up in ISA compatibility mode. The documentation for the chip doesn't mention anything about there being an ISA mode. >If the chip *does* work in native PCI mode, maybe we should >concentrate on bringing up the controller in direct PCI mode. I don't >have the relevent chip specs, but if you can tell me anything I'll be >happy to help. We have been using this chip on a laptop motherboard & it works fine as a PCI device. I'll send you a driver to try later. Robert Swindells To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message