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From: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>
To: Jim Dixon <jdd@vbc.net>
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Subject: Re: Support for Ethernet Card
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On Wed, 15 May 1996, Jim Dixon wrote:

> found it to be unstable.  Is there a reliable driver for the '590 
> available anywhere?  
> 
> What would be of even more interest would be a reliable driver for the
> 3C595, which handles either 10 MHz 10BaseT or 100 MHz Fast Ethernet.

There are Linux drivers for both 3C59X cards that are quite stable. Do an
altavista search for Linux AND 3C590 AND Becker

Perhaps they could be adapted to FreeBSD or perhaps studying their code
could help make the FreeBSD drivers better?

Michael Dillon                                    Voice: +1-604-546-8022
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