Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 10:23:32 +0300 (EEST) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Does de driver do 100MBIT Full Duplex? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970403101720.25690A-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <19970402214627.DT15556@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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On Wed, 2 Apr 1997, J Wunsch wrote: > As dennis wrote: > > > Is the driver that you send me directly for 2.1.7 (that worked > > beautifully) in 2.2.1R? If not, WHY NOT! > > No need to shout. We aren't deaf exactly. > > Since Matt released it _after_ 2.2 has been cut. I've got a very > explicit message from Matt when i've been asking him earlier (right in > time to get something into 2.2 still) about a new version, that he > considered the stuff that sneaked into NetBSD by that time too buggy > to see it officially in FreeBSD. That's why we've been integrating > the little hack still to make at least the DE21140A supported. We > originally deferred the inclusion of this patch in anticipation of the > new driver version. > > As you can see, it's not that we're sleeping or wouldn't care about > something that can be considered one of the major ethernet NIC drivers > in *BSD. > > Also, as i understand it, Matt's new driver won't fit without a little > work into 2.2 or higher, due to the new media selection method. This > work simply needs to be done, and it requires a volunteer. (I've got > one potential volunteer, but he wouldn't be able to do it anytime > soon. There are not many people volunteering for work, and these are > seldom the people who shout in a mailing list. :) > I am ready to volunteer and I will also have time (string sometime today, ending sometime on Sunday). I do have a 21140A board (actually AE) that does not work with the current driver. The problem I *do* have is that the ftp transfer rate to the closest place with NetBSD source tree is too low and the connection breaks before it ever reaches me. As mail still seems to reach me, could someone please tar+gzip the needed files together and forward them to me? Sander > -- > cheers, J"org > > joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE > Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) >
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