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Subject: Re: vx driver(s) - bad powerup behaviour
In-Reply-To: <m0vKj0m-00001lC@ernie.kts.org> from Hellmuth Michaelis at "Nov 5, 96 11:45:40 am"
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Hellmuth Michaelis wrote:
> Naoki Hamada wrote:
> 
> > >The new vx driver supports 3C590 Etherlink III PCI, 3C595 Fast
> > >Etherlink PCI, 3C592 Etherlink III EISA and 3C597 Fast Etherlink
> > >EISA. Early support for 3C900 Etherlink XL PCI and 3C905 Fast
> > >Etherlink XL PCI is also incorporated.
> 
> Hey, after Naoki kindly put this driver onto freefall i was able to 
> fetch it and install and test it under 2.1.5R - and it works !!!!!
> 
> Now it says on every cold- or warmboot "Warning! Defective early revision
> adapter!" but it works all the time.
> 
> Is this now _really_ an early revision adapter ? (Just curious ...)
> 

Yes. Almost definately. This means you should still implement the
stuf I sent you ;-()

-Guido