Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 16:55:50 +0100 From: "Koster, K.J." <K.J.Koster@kpn.com> To: "'obrien@FreeBSD.ORG'" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: 'FreeBSD Alpha mailing list' <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: sio, nrc and sym questions for NoName Message-ID: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D74D3@l04.research.kpn.com>
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> On Wed, May 10, 2000 at 01:29:34PM +0100, Koster, K.J. wrote:
> > It seems that the onboard NCR 810 is not recognized by the
> sym driver.
>
> What is the date of your kernel? The `sym' maintainer just
> added suport for the NCR 810 chip.
>
Dunno the date, but it's the 4.0 Release iso image from ftp.FreeBSD.org.
With only 16Mb RAM I'm not going to build the world anytime soon.
>
> > I had to use the ncr driver for it. Wilko, perhaps this
> > might be useful to mention in HARDWARE.TXT.
>
> I use the `ncr' driver on my AS 250 and have no problems with
> it. So it isn't like using `ncr' is a terriable thing. IMHO the
> comments beside `ncr' and `sym' in the GENERIC kernel
> configuration file tell this.
>
Oh? It was my understanding that the ncr driver was to be replaced by the
sym driver at some point. I guess that's a while off then.
>
> > I noticed that ed0 is not in the generic kernel. Will my
> > old isa NE1000 work in that box, or should I (finally) buy
> > some other NIC?
>
> Unsure. I don't believe anyone has really tested it. A $10
> PCI NIC will do very well in the NoName.
>
I don't doubt it will. It's just that I have the NE1000's in the cupboard
and I get off work after shop's closing hours. :-)
I'll be the first one to stick an NE1000 into the NoName then. Cool, I'm not
usually a first mover. :)
Kees Jan
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