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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.
> 
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>        but you can stay immature all your life.
> 
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