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From: Mattias Pantzare <pantzer@ludd.luth.se>
To: Francisco Reyes <reyes01@ibm.net>
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Subject: Re: How is support for 3com Etherlink (3C509B)? 
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On Tue, 27 Aug 1996, Francisco Reyes wrote:

> We just got some ethernet cards at work. They are 3com Etherlink. It
> has marked 3C509B. By looking at GENERIC there is  "(buggy)" next to
> the 3C509. I wonder if this note refers to the card or the support
> for it (ie is the card bad?). I  am also wondering if the "B" is a
> newer model of this card and if anyone has tried with with FreeBSD
> 2.1.5.

3C509 cards work fine as long as you disable Plug and Play on them. What 
that buggy refers to I don't know.