From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jul 26 14:27:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA10141 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 14:27:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (castles247.castles.com [208.214.165.247]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA10126 for ; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 14:27:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@antipodes.cdrom.com) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antipodes.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA11963; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 14:26:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199807262126.OAA11963@antipodes.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Robert Swindells cc: mike@smith.net.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AMD PCNet/FAST cards; suppliers? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 26 Jul 1998 19:58:10 BST." <199807261858.TAA00871@fdy2.demon.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 14:26:03 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >Recognising isn't so much the battle as working with them. But yes, > >please do. (File PR, naturally). > > The driver in stable works fine with both the PCnet PCI-II and the > PCnet-FAST reference boards from AMD. That's very interesting. Reports and experience have suggested that some implementations don't work, but it's good to know that we do function correctly with the reference implementations. > I have added support for the extra registers on these boards, but I > did it more to allow me to debug some flakey hardware than to use the > extra functionality. If I get time, I will add mediaopt support. Thanks. Some support for the 32-bit I/O mode might improve efficiency too. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message