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Date:      Mon, 28 Jun 1999 16:43:49 +0100
From:      Clem.Dye@wdr.com
To:        clark@pharlap.com, Clem.Dye@wdr.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: Re: NetGear FA310-TX???
Message-ID:  <H000008201db8c70@MHS>

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Clark:

Thanks for the info. If I understand what you're saying correctly, 
then for a Rev. C card I should use the DEC/Tulip driver, but if I 
had a Rev. D, then there's a specific driver for it. From what you're 
saying, it sounds like that I'm covered, which is nice if correct 
because BeOS 4.5 likes the Rev. C card .....


Clem

-----Original Message-----
From: clark 
Sent: 28 June 1999 14:37
To: Dye, Clem; freebsd-questions
Cc: clark
Subject: Re: NetGear FA310-TX???


In <H000008201db203d@MHS>, on 06/28/99 
   at 10:54 AM, Clem.Dye@wdr.com said:

>According to the 3.2 release notes, the NetGear FA310-TX Rev. D1 is 
a 
>supported card. I note that a specific revision is mentioned. I have 
 a
>Rev. C version of the card. Does this mean that my Rev. C won't  work
>with 3.2, or is it a case that only the Rev. D1 card has been  
tested? It
>does seem a little odd that this is the only card  singled-out with a
>specific revision #, which makes me a little  suspicious .....

>Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Netgear changed chips between these two revs.  The Rev C series used a
real Dec21x4x chip, and needs the DEC/tulip driver.  The Rev D series
switched to the PNIC tulip-clone chip, and needs a driver that works 
with
the PNIC chip.  Actually, "clone" isn't right, "compatible" is 
better, as
evidenced by needing a driver update to work.  It was a "clone" with 
a few
too many DNA-copy-errors<g>.

-- 
Clark


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