Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 21:51:47 +0200 (CEST) From: hm@kts.org (Hellmuth Michaelis) To: wpaul@FreeBSD.ORG (Bill Paul) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3Com 10/100 Mini PCI Ethernet Message-ID: <20000807195147.BC7FB1F1C@bert.kts.org> In-Reply-To: <20000807182943.04EFF37B859@hub.freebsd.org> from Bill Paul at "Aug 7, 2000 11:29:42 am"
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Bill Paul wrote: > I'm sorry, but after reading this thread, I'm having a hard time coming > up with an explanation for this nonsense which doesn't involve you being > a dumbass. Yes, i am. I'm guilty for the death of this innocent card, and it is just and only my personal fault and nobody else's. Please, whoever it currently has, give me the conical hat and i'll wear it for the next 2 or 3 months and i promise, i'll stick this "I damaged this card because, I'm a dumbass" paper on the top of the hat so everyone can see it. I will not anymore write PCI probe/attach routines for an unknown chip to connect it to drivers meant only for ISA, MCA, EISA and PCMCIA devices. I'm also very sorry to be the cause of your blood pressure going up, please accept my apologies. AFAIK, this card is a 3Com OEM product which is not available for purchase, all i can give you is an HP part number. It is also not a "normal" PCI card but a so called "Mini PCI" card and its about as large as a matchbox or even a bit smaller. Anyway, i have replaced the card, and i will try hard not to make the same mistakes again (before this whole mess, i was under the impression that only monitors can be destroyed by software, now i know better ...). But, i want to get this card supported. In case you have one or the other good suggestion (except "stay away from the card, don't even look at it !!") on how to proceed in a more orderly fashion, please let me hear them. hellmuth -- Hellmuth Michaelis hm@kts.org Hamburg, Europe We all live in a yellow subroutine, yellow subroutine, yellow subroutine ... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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