From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Apr 7 14:04:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA15764 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Tue, 7 Apr 1998 14:04:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gatekeeper.alcatel.com.au (gatekeeper.alcatel.com.au [203.17.66.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA15657 for ; Tue, 7 Apr 1998 14:03:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Peter.Jeremy@alcatel.com.au) Received: from mfg1.cim.alcatel.com.au ([139.188.23.1]) by gatekeeper.alcatel.com.au (PMDF V5.1-7 #U2695) with ESMTP id <01IVM96RAC800007YT@gatekeeper.alcatel.com.au> for freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 8 Apr 1998 07:02:54 +1000 Received: from cbd.alcatel.com.au by cim.alcatel.com.au (PMDF V5.1-10 #23324) with ESMTP id <01IVM96OXUOGC2J41S@cim.alcatel.com.au> for freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 08 Apr 1998 07:02:51 +1000 Received: from gsms01.alcatel.com.au by cbd.alcatel.com.au (PMDF V5.1-7 #U2695) with ESMTP id <01IVM96MI2G0AZTRTV@cbd.alcatel.com.au> for freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 08 Apr 1998 07:02:48 +1100 Received: (from jeremyp@localhost) by gsms01.alcatel.com.au (8.8.8/8.7.3) id HAA19751 for freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 08 Apr 1998 07:02:46 +1000 (EST) Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 07:02:46 +1000 (EST) From: Peter Jeremy Subject: Re: Experience with Compaq ProSignia 200 6/233 (esp SCSI/Ether)? To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: <199804072102.HAA19751@gsms01.alcatel.com.au> Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 07 Apr 1998 09:45:16 -0700 (PDT), Tom wrote: > Compaq machines should be your last resort for FreeBSD, My sentiments also, unfortunately, I may be stuck with one due to company policy :-(. On Tue, 07 Apr 1998 12:49:41 -0700, John Polstra wrote: >Jason Thomson wrote: >> integrated Netelligent 10/100 PCI UTP/Coax > >This is based on the TI ThunderLan chip. FreeBSD does not have a >driver for it. I started some discussion on this several months ago. I didn't get anywhere, but TI make all the relevant programming information available. Also, there is a Linux driver for the ThunderLan chip (see ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/stuff/tlan-0.30.tar.gz - or maybe a later version) that we are using here on some Linux boxes here. If I can't escape getting stuck with a Compaq, I'll probably wind up having to port or re-write the driver. The other thing to look out for is the video card. I did some experiments here and found that Compaq appear to have done something to their S3 card which makes it incompatible with XFree86. >In general, Compaq hardware is always just a little bit different >from everything else. Amen. Peter -- Peter Jeremy (VK2PJ) peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au Alcatel Australia Limited 41 Mandible St Phone: +61 2 9690 5019 ALEXANDRIA NSW 2015 Fax: +61 2 9690 5247 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message