Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 10:14:49 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: arg@arg1.demon.co.uk (Andrew Gordon) Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NewMedia "LiveWire" Ethernet card? Message-ID: <199706210044.KAA07719@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970620230921.20296B-100000@server.arg.sj.co.uk> from Andrew Gordon at "Jun 20, 97 11:16:22 pm"
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Andrew Gordon stands accused of saying: > > Having prized the lid off the card, I find that it uses the > AMD 79C940 chip, so the lnc driver looks possible (though is the > 79C940 compatible with the 79C960?). However, the lnc driver > doesn't appear to have been adapted for pccard support. I can't tell you offhand, but AMD are reasonably generous with product information; a little rummaging around their website should give you enough information there. > Anyone have any comment on whether hacking the lnc driver is > likely to be easy or successful? Or would I do better to bin > this card and buy a supported one? That really depends on your time resources and perspective. Adding PCCARD support to an ISA driver is reasonably straightforward (at the moment, anyway). If you`re contrasting the value of your time against the value of a "working" PCCARD ether adapter, binning it may be the way to go. FWIW, third-party consensus would probably be "please support it" 8) -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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