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Date:      Fri, 21 Apr 2000 00:24:04 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Ronald van der Pol <Ronald.vanderPol@surfnet.nl>
To:        wc.bulte@chello.nl
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: does FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE support DEC/INTEL 21041?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004210022040.25898-100000@sure.surfnet.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20000421000233.A8415@yedi.wbnet>

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On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, Wilko Bulte wrote:

> > The kernel meesages say:
> > de0: <Digital 21041 Ethernet> irq 9 at device 16.0 on pci0
> > de0: driver is using old-style compatibility shims
> > 
> > What does this mean? Is this card supported?
> 
> It means the driver has not yet been changed to accomodate some changes in
> the driver API but runs in compatibility mode. This is a sort of reminder to
> the driver maintainer[s]. Not to worry..

Hmm, but it does not seem to work:
$ ifconfig de0 inet up
ifconfig: interface de0 does not exist

	rvdp



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