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From: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@partitur.se>
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sthaug@nethelp.no wrote:
> =

> > > > I see you're using the fxp driver in combination with the ncr dri=
ver.
> > > > Have you considered using the sym driver instead? That has cured =
a
> > > > number of stability problems for us.
> > >
> > > No, I haven't considered that. I will, when upgrading to
> > > fbsd-4. It seems that the sym driver is not available before
> > > release-4.0. :(
> >
> > The sym driver is in 3.4-STABLE.
> =

> Also, I wouldn't be surprised if the sym driver from 3.4-STABLE could
> be used for 3.3. You might want to ask the author, G=E9rard Roudier
> (<groudier@club-internet.fr>).

Hmm... I think upgrading to 3.4 stable is feasible. Hope it
helps. Thanks for all your input.

/palle


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