From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Sep 24 13:37:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA08240 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 24 Sep 1998 13:37:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from etinc.com (et-gw.etinc.com [207.252.1.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA08195 for ; Thu, 24 Sep 1998 13:37:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dennis@etinc.com) Received: from dbsys (dbsys.etinc.com [207.252.1.18]) by etinc.com (8.8.8/8.6.9) with SMTP id QAA00865; Thu, 24 Sep 1998 16:35:26 GMT Message-Id: <199809241635.QAA00865@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 16:49:30 -0400 To: Greg Skafte From: Dennis Subject: Re: Is the de driver dead? Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19980923204336.G20936@worldgate.com> References: <199809240125.SAA05464@dingo.cdrom.com> <199809232001.UAA00439@etinc.com> <199809240125.SAA05464@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 08:43 PM 9/23/98 -0600, you wrote: >what is the difference between the -AC and the -AE cards? I'm having fairly >good luck with the -AE chipset cards > >Quoting Mike Smith (mike@smith.net.au) >On Subject: Re: Is the de driver dead? >Date: Wed, Sep 23, 1998 at 06:25:05PM -0700 > >> > >> > Still can't use -AC 10/100 21040 cards with the de driver, and having other >> > mysterious problems with a 3 21041 card system running 2.2.7-RELEASE. >> > >> > Is this known, or cared about? >> >> It's known that there are problems; the 'de' driver is third-party >> software and the problem needs to be addressed with the vendor. >> >> Speak to matt@3am-software.com. The *problem* with this answer is that Matt has had drivers that worked (they had to be patched in) back at v2.2.5 but they STILL havent made it into the distribution. If it is 3rd party then it probably shouldnt be in the distribution if noone is going to update it. db To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message