Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 14:03:35 +1100 (EST) From: Michael John ROWE <mjrow@students.cs.mu.oz.au> To: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3com 3c509 (fwd) Message-ID: <199702030303.OAA22613@cat.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
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I am referring my question about the 3com 3c509 driver for FreeBSD to you guys, as suggested in the message below. Any information you can get me would be greatly appreciated. -- Michael Rowe Network Administrator St Hilda's College University of Melbourne, Australia Forwarded message: > From peter@taronga.com Mon Feb 3 13:55:51 1997 > From: peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) > Message-Id: <199702030252.UAA10534@bonkers.taronga.com> > Subject: Re: 3com 3c509 > To: mjrow@students.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Michael John ROWE) > Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1997 20:52:08 -0600 (CST) > In-Reply-To: <199702030016.LAA00506@lister.cs.mu.OZ.AU> from "Michael John ROWE" at Feb 3, 97 11:16:09 am > X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] > Content-Type: text > > The only problem I know with the 3c509 drivers is you need to disable > Plug and Play. I don't know what the exact problems are... you should > ask on "hardware@freebsd.org" .. and let me know so I can update the > FAQ! > > (this entry dates back to before I took the FAQ over and I'm not sure > exactly what it refers to) > > > > > I am about to set up a FreeBSD box, and can get 3com 3c509 cards, but am > > having trouble getting any other 3com ones - they aren't produced > > any more. I note from > > http://www.freebsd.org/~roberto/FAQ/freebsd-faq-33.html#33 > > > > ``ep'' driver > > 3com 3c509 (*) > > ... > > NOTE Drivers marked with (*) are known to have problems. > > > > Can you tell me what they are? Is it really feasible to use this card or > > not? > > > > More information (maybe a URL) would be greatly appreciated. > > > > -- Michael Rowe
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