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Date:      Thu, 18 Feb 1999 16:35:41 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>
To:        Chris Williams <psion@geekspace.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu
Subject:   Re: Gigabit ethernet NIC support
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.02.9902181629090.15262-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
In-Reply-To: <36CAD7D0.DDD54507@geekspace.com>

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On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Chris Williams wrote:
> Does 3.1-STABLE have support for 3com's 3C985 gigabit ethernet NIC?
> If not, are there any other gigabit NICs which are supported?

Bill Paul (aka PCI ethernet driver god) appears to be gathering the
necessary material needed to write a driver for the Tigon based gigabit
ethernet cards.  The Tigon chip is made by Alteon (www.alteon.com) and is
used in the 3com 3c985 and the Netgear gigabit cards.

I don't think he has any cards to work against at this time so if you're
looking for a way to help his efforts you might consider asking him what
hardware he is still looking for.

Given his past track record for driver development I'd expect him to have
something working a week or so after he gets cards.

You go Bill.

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