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>>>>> "Eric" == Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> writes:

Eric> bge0: <Broadcom BCM5702 Gigabit Ethernet, ASIC rev. 0x1002> mem
Eric> 0xfaff0000-0xfaffffff irq 11 at device 0.0 on pci2 bge0:
Eric> Ethernet address: 00:0b:db:a3:f9:a1 miibus0: <MII bus> on bge0
Eric> brgphy0: <BCM5703 10/100/1000baseTX PHY> on miibus0 brgphy0:
Eric> 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseTX,
Eric> 1000baseTX-FDX, auto

So the D600 (or possibly newer Dell laptops) have the better
part... maybe.  The 'M' designation might also be about low power
... but how much does batterylife matter when you're plugged into
ethernet :).

Eric> Strange - it shows BCM5702, then BCM5703

If you look in the code, you'll probably find that one of the lines is
being more specific about the chip.

Dave.

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