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Date:      Wed, 20 Nov 2002 15:26:12 +0100
From:      Willy Offermans <W.K.Offermans@TUe.nl>
To:        Wolfgang Zenker <wolfgang@lyxys.ka.sub.org>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SiS 900 Ethernet card
Message-ID:  <20021120142612.GA81928@tom.chem.tue.nl>
In-Reply-To: <m18EVRs-003pVqC@lyxys.ka.sub.org>
References:  <20021120133855.GC81680@tom.chem.tue.nl> <m18EVRs-003pVqC@lyxys.ka.sub.org>

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Dear FreeBSD friend,

I'm not able to hack the code myself, I'm just a FreeBSD user
(enthousiastic one) not a developer. So it would be nice if someone
else could do it.

On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 03:03:24PM +0100, Wolfgang Zenker wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> > sis0@pci0:4:0:	class=0x020000 card=0xb7321019 chip=0x09001039 rev=0x91 hdr=0x00
> >     vendor   = 'Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS)'
> >     device   = 'SiS900 Fast Ethernet/Home Networking Ctrlr'
> >     class    = network
> >     subclass = ethernet
> 
> that's apparently a SiS962 chip. This one is not (yet) supported in FreeBSD;
> the MAC address is stored on an EEPROM that is shared with the IEEE 1394
> port and needs a special access protocol. If you want to hack on the driver
> yourself, a search for "sis962" and "sis900.c" or "sis900.h" on google
> should get you the information what was changed on the linux driver to
> support this particular chip. I _might_ find the time next weekend to
> cobble together a patch you could try.
> 
> Wolfgang

-- 
Met vriendelijke groeten,

Willy

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