Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 06:47:04 -0800 (PST) From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@aciri.org> To: K.J.Koster@kpn.com (Koster, K.J.) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Realtek card support Message-ID: <200101311447.f0VEl4n04340@iguana.aciri.org> In-Reply-To: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D7B92@l04.research.kpn.com> from "Koster, K.J." at "Jan 31, 2001 3:41:23 pm"
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what card is that and what is broken ? both the ne and the rl driver works reasonably well with the 8029 and 8139 chips. luigi > > I have two RealTek network cards that I'm willing to send to someone who is > going to update the FreeBSD realtek driver to support them. > > I know it's supposed to be broken in the hardware, but the sad fact is that > in the Netherlands this is the *only* card they sell in many smaller stores. > If you say "network adaptor" they give you realtek. If you ask for another > brand, they look at you funny and give you realtek. If you *insist* on > another brand they give you more funny looks, and give you realtek with the > words that it's the OEM version of <your preferred brand>. > > (Calm down, deep breath ... there, much better) > > Anyway: send me your snail mail address, and I'll send you the realtek card. > > Kees Jan > > PS. for the record: I also still have an SMC EtherEZ 10Mb UTP and a 3Com > 3c503 for those who want to work on drivers for them. > > ================================================ > You are only young once, > but you can stay immature all your life. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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