Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 16:18:02 +0000 () From: Tony Harverson <tony@panacea.insight.co.za> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: 3c509 Message-ID: <199608271618.QAA03954@panacea.insight.co.za>
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Heya :)
> We just got some ethernet cards at work. They are 3com Etherlink. It
> has marked C509B. By looking at GENERIC there is "(buggy)" next to
> the 3C509. I wonder if this note refers to the card or the support
> for it (ie is the card bad?). I am also wondering if the "B" is a
> newer model of this card and if anyone has tried with with FreeBSD
> 2.1.5.
The Buggy Refers to the Driver for the card.. The card itself is a
known stable and fast network card. Personally, I prefer 3com to just
about any other ethernet card (especially some ne2000 clones).
Bear in mind tho, this is the BSD community labelling the driver
buggy, not the DOS one - as such, buggy means it has a minor problem
;-) Seriously tho, according to a post I read on here a while ago,
the problem is observed on cheap motherboards when warm rebooting
(The Card is not initailised by the board).
I have been using 3c509's in BSD boxes since 2.0 and have had nary a
problem with them, being very pleased by their performances.
T
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