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From: Claude Buisson <ubc@adam.framatome.fr>
To: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Subject: Re: SMC Etherez & FBSD 
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On Wed, 11 Jun 1997, David Greenman wrote:

> >are SMC Etherez cards supported by FBSD?  I'm currently running 2.1.6.1 but
> >am looking to upgrade to 2.2.2 shortly.  Any experiences from either
> >version would be appreciated.
> >
> >The main chip is 83C795QF P
> 
>    They are supported and work fine under FreeBSD.
> 
> -DG
> 
> David Greenman
> Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
> 

I got problems with EtherEZ:

1) 6 months ago, at home, I tried to use one with an ASUS P/I-P55T2P4
   board (Win95 but see below).
   I had to replace the EtherEZ by an old 3C509 (non PnP), and got the
   EtherEZ working in a 2 years old Gateway 2000 (non PnP BIOS).

2) YESTERDAY, at work, I tried again to use one with an ASUS MB
   (this time to install a FreeBSD system).
   I could not prevent the BIOS to reconfigure the card, even after
   setting "PnP = No" with the EZstart utility under DOS.
   I swapped the EtherEZ against Ultra to get the machine working.

   And people here seems to have problems with EtherEZ in new Compaq
   Deskpro.

I think that EtherEZ "work fine" under FreeBSD or any system, with a non
PnP BIOS, otherwise it is a lottery.

I would be glad to hear some explanation, shortcut, etc about it.

Claude Buisson