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Date:      Thu, 14 May 1998 22:54:20 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>
To:        Luis Munoz <lem@cantv.net>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 3Com 905B-TX on a Compaq
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980514225117.17033i-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980514165055.00793c30@pop.cantv.net>

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On Thu, 14 May 1998, Luis Munoz wrote:
> - Servers: Compaq Proliant 1600R w/256M RAM, external RAID arrays
> - SCSI: 2 Adaptec 2944UW. Built-in NCR controllers are disabled.
> - NICs: 2 3Com 905B-TX FastEtherLink III 10/100. Built-in 10/100 NIC is
> 	disabled.
> - O/S: FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE

If this builtin card is a ThunderLan you should grab Bill Paul's elite new
driver which he seems to have worked nearl all the bugs out of.  (I'll let
him elaborate.)

> (2) The 3Com card is not recognized. I went in and modified if_vx_pci.c
> 	to add this board-id to it, and then the machine would hang 
> 	whenever there was a packet in the network. This is the relevant
> 	boot -v info

Jordan (I believe) mentioned the lack of support for the 905B.

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