From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Feb 25 16:36:17 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA28865 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 16:36:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA28856 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 16:36:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by who.cdrom.com (8.7.5/8.6.11) with ESMTP id QAA13247 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 16:36:09 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id LAA19768; Wed, 26 Feb 1997 11:04:35 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199702260034.LAA19768@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Ethernet driver-H/W In-Reply-To: <331372A1.41C67EA6@whistle.com> from Julian Elischer at "Feb 25, 97 03:15:45 pm" To: julian@whistle.com (Julian Elischer) Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 11:04:35 +1030 (CST) Cc: hackers@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-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Julian Elischer stands accused of saying: > does anyone have an ethernet chipset they recommend > with the following characteristics? Did you follow my previous suggestions wrt. the NatSemi parts? > shared memory interface (ala SMC ) > ISA interface.. not PCI etc. > 10-baseT interface > enough ram? (or can support an external ram) > preferably with a BSD driver, but I'll write one if I have to. The 'ed' driver will work with the NS8390x parts, several of which have onboard UTP and shared-memory modes. You should be able to cram several on a single board. They take external SRAM to 64K IIRC, certainly at least 16K. You could contribute by teaching the 'ed' driver about cards with more than 16K - get an Artisoft AE2 or a Compex ENP16 (think that number's right), both of which can be configured for 64K. They both use 8390x chips. Have a look at http://www.national.com/pf/DP/DP83905.html and hit the search engine off their homepage for '83905' for lots of other references. Their price breaks look good, and they have a free samples arrangement with Digi-Key. There are also a pile of appnotes that ought to get you going pretty quickly. -- ]] 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 [[