From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Jan 22 22:18:17 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from www.evil.2y.net (ip-216-23-53-20.adsl.one.net [216.23.53.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68CEC37B401 for ; Mon, 22 Jan 2001 22:17:59 -0800 (PST) Received: (from cokane@localhost) by www.evil.2y.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f0N6TBC19728; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 01:29:11 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from cokane) Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 01:29:10 -0500 From: Coleman Kane To: Antony T Curtis Cc: "Paul A. Howes" , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New Intel NICs... Message-ID: <20010123012910.C10383@cokane.yi.org> References: <3A6C257A.140E27C2@abacus.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <3A6C257A.140E27C2@abacus.co.uk>; from antony@abacus.co.uk on Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 09:12:40AM -0500 X-Vim: vim:tw=70:ts=4:sw=4 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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