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Date:      Thu, 29 Jan 1998 21:17:05 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Dave Marquardt <marquard@zilker.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: LAN Support
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980129211542.1248c-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <85g1m7oqur.fsf@localhost.zilker.net>

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On 28 Jan 1998, Dave Marquardt wrote:

> Ping Choi <pingy@banet.net> writes:
> > I noticed in the Lan Drivers Section of the FreeBSD Website under device
> > support,it does not list any support for Token Ring NIC cards. Why is
> > that? I have a Token Ring LAN at my job and I would like to install
> 
> Because FreeBSD is generally a volunteer project, and no one has
> written any drivers for token ring adapters yet.  If you want a token
> ring driver, write one.

Someone is -- they just had a big discussion about it on hackers and it
looks like someone who actually knows what they're doing ;) is going to
hit it.

Someone sent me a contract proposal to pay real money to write a token
ring driver; too bad I don't do hardware programming, and the reply
bounced.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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