From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jul 26 11:16:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA18653 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 11:16:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Gatekeeper.Alameda.net (gatekeeper.Alameda.net [207.90.181.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA18648 for ; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 11:16:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ulf@Gatekeeper.Alameda.net) Received: by Gatekeeper.Alameda.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id LAA14570; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 11:15:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <19980726111521.B21764@Alameda.net> Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 11:15:21 -0700 From: Ulf Zimmermann To: Mike Smith , Robert Swindells Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AMD PCNet/FAST cards; suppliers? Reply-To: ulf@Alameda.net References: <199807261615.RAA00663@fdy2.demon.co.uk> <199807261711.KAA10890@antipodes.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199807261711.KAA10890@antipodes.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Sun, Jul 26, 1998 at 10:11:14AM -0700 Organization: Alameda Networks, Inc. X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.6-STABLE Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Jul 26, 1998 at 10:11:14AM -0700, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > >Howdy; a straightforward question: FreeBSD Test Labs is looking for a > > >source for a PCI card or cards using the AMD PCNet and/or PCNet/FAST > > >chips. (Am79c97x etc.) > > > > http://www.amd.com/products/npd/overview/19433f.pdf > > So nobody manufactures an adapter featuring the PC-Net FAST device? > That's kinda depressing. 8( Hitachi used the AMD chip on their older notebooks. The newer Visionbook Pro has a 10/100 onboard, which I wouldn't be surprised to be an AMD again. > > > I have got a few patches to the driver that allow it to recognize the > > later chips. I'll send it in when I have tidied it up a bit. > > Recognising isn't so much the battle as working with them. But yes, > please do. (File PR, naturally). > > -- > \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith > \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au > \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message