From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Jun 20 17:45:01 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA05474 for mobile-outgoing; Fri, 20 Jun 1997 17:45:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA05460 for ; Fri, 20 Jun 1997 17:44:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id KAA07719; Sat, 21 Jun 1997 10:14:49 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199706210044.KAA07719@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: NewMedia "LiveWire" Ethernet card? In-Reply-To: from Andrew Gordon at "Jun 20, 97 11:16:22 pm" To: arg@arg1.demon.co.uk (Andrew Gordon) Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 10:14:49 +0930 (CST) Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 [[