From owner-freebsd-hackers  Thu Nov  4 13:42: 1 1999
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From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@hub.freebsd.org>
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	Losh on Thu, 04 Nov 1999 14:05:07 -0700)
Subject: Re: Netgear FA410 pccard ethernet?
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> 
> In message <199911031842.NAA51126@tuva.engeast.baynetworks.com> Robert Withrow writes:
> : When the card attaches it is called a Linksys and it runs with the ed driver,
> : and gives me good performance on a 100Tx network.
> 

> Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1999 14:05:07 -0700
> From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
> The linksys support in normal freebsd was added only since FreeBSD
> Con.  If this card uses the same linksys chipset, we may make it work
> in freebsd by removing the check against NIC interface address that is
> there now.


	if we remove the OUI check, then we are relying on the
checksum alone.  that sounds fine provided that other none
Lninksys/dl10019c cards will fail the checksum.  

what do other nic cards have at those addresses
(sc->asic_addr[0x04..0x0f])?

jmb


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