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From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
To: dennis <dennis@etinc.com>
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Subject: Re: de0 under 2.2-STABLE
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On Wed, 30 Jul 1997, dennis wrote:

> At 10:22 PM 7/29/97 -0700, Tom Samplonius wrote:
> >
> >On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, dennis wrote:
> >
> >> Has the new de driver and if_media stuff been put in -stable yet, 
> >> or does this continue to be a manual operation to add it?
> >> 
> >> Dennis
> >
> >  Slowly.  See manpage for ifconfig.
> >
> >Tom
> 
> Is there something wrong with it? Why the hesitation...this stuff has
> been around (and necessary to work with 100Mb/s cards) for quite
> awhile.
> 
> Dennis

  It isn't necessary for 100mbs cards.

  ifmedia requires corresponding changes to ifconfig, etc. and the driver.

  Someone on the list was looking for testers for the a new de driver he
was going to commit, as he didn't have any of the appropiate hw.  Last I
heard about it.

Tom