Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 01:29:10 -0500 From: Coleman Kane <cokane@micro.ti.com> To: Antony T Curtis <antony@abacus.co.uk> Cc: "Paul A. Howes" <pahowes@fair-ware.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New Intel NICs... Message-ID: <20010123012910.C10383@cokane.yi.org> In-Reply-To: <3A6C257A.140E27C2@abacus.co.uk>; from antony@abacus.co.uk on Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 09:12:40AM -0500 References: <BCEFKOJHNDEAJONMKMHEIEKPCGAA.pahowes@fair-ware.com> <3A6C257A.140E27C2@abacus.co.uk>
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No, the 8250 is the serial UART, the 8255x line is Intel's network division. Antony T Curtis had the audacity to say: > > "Paul A. Howes" wrote: > > > > All- > > > > I know FreeBSD has great support for the Intel EtherExpress Pro 10 and 100B > > series cards. I was just checking Intel's web site, and they seem to have > > phased out the 100B in favor of a 100S, which incorporates harware-based > > encryption, and a "new-and-improved" version of the chip, dubbed the > > "82550". Are our drivers still compatible with the new card? Also, can our > > drivers take advantage of the encryption? > > ROTFL! Isn't the 82550A UART chips for serial comms? > Nothing like a bit of chip numbering to confuse everyone. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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