From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 11 16:33:09 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA07403 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 11 Jun 1996 16:33:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Root.COM (implode.Root.COM [198.145.90.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA07396 for ; Tue, 11 Jun 1996 16:33:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Root.COM (8.7.5/8.6.5) with SMTP id QAA02716; Tue, 11 Jun 1996 16:32:39 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199606112332.QAA02716@Root.COM> X-Authentication-Warning: implode.Root.COM: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: threeLoopnine Design cc: "Shyh-Donq Yu" , "Doug White" , "Support" Subject: Re: Ethernet In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 11 Jun 1996 15:57:17 PDT." <9606112251.AA15339@netoutfit.com> From: David Greenman Reply-To: davidg@Root.COM Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 16:32:39 -0700 Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >I have decided to add an ethernet card, to my PCI bus based Pentium. So I >can access a network that is hooked to the internet via a T3 line. >Looking through Jordan's picks it looks like he suggests the SMC >EtherPower Ethernet card, based on DEC's DC21041 controller chip. But in >the list of kernel line I can only find reference to DEC's DC21040 PCI >Ethernet adapter. Is this still the best PCI Ethernet adapter for >10baseT? Is one of these names in these lists a typo? Should I just use >the:" device de0 " command string? > >Anyone who can answer any of these questions I would appreciate a >response. The 21041 is not quite yet supported. I have an updated version of the "de" driver from Matt Thomas here that is supposed to support it, but it has not been brought into the CVS repository yet. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project