From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Aug 14 09:37:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA21712 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 09:37:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from word.smith.net.au (castles215.castles.com [208.214.165.215]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA21694 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 09:37:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word.smith.net.au (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA13061; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 09:35:45 GMT (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Message-Id: <199808140935.JAA13061@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Daniel O'Callaghan" cc: Phil Allsopp , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3COM ethernet cards 3c905b-tx In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 15 Aug 1998 00:30:06 +1000." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 09:35:44 +0000 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > On Fri, 14 Aug 1998, Phil Allsopp wrote: > > > I used to succesfully use 3Com 3c905 cards in a FreeBSD 2.2.5 box as vx0 but > > the new 3COM 3c905b-tx cards don't work and unfortunately every > > supplier now only supplies the 3c905b-tx cards. > > Has anyone got the 3C905b-tx cards to succesfully work under 2.2.5 > > and if so how ? > > The tx will never work under 2.2.5. It needs a new version of the vx > driver, which is under development, and has been for some time. > I don't hold out hopes that the new vx driver will make it into 2.2.8!!! The xl driver, which is what you're talking about, will definitely be in 2.2.8. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message