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Date:      Fri, 12 Sep 1997 13:20:13 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Jason Lixfeld <jlixfeld@idirect.com>
To:        Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PCI DLink DFE500-TX 10/100MB DEC Tulip 21140AE REV2-C Chipset Ethernet Card
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970912131914.28319O-100000@thor.idirect.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970912200342.3192E-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee>

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I'm going to grab the driver off the site.  I need the practise compiling
kernels on BSD! :)  I'm a linux expert, but due to it's limitations that
our organization is quickly discovering, a switch to FreeBSD seems prudent
at this point!

On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, Narvi wrote:

> 
> On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, Jason Lixfeld wrote:
> 
> > Is their support for this card?  It did not have the drivers for it when I
> > attempted to use this card when doing an FTP install.  I used a 3Com
> > 3C509B 10MB ISA.  BSD/OS and Linux both had problems or driver
> > incompatibilities when 21140AC REV1-B updated to 21140AE REV2-C.  I'm
> > wondering if FreeBSD 2.2.2 has the same incompatibility, and is their a
> > driver that will support the new chipset, and where do I find it to
> > compile it into a new kernel?!
> > 
> > Thanks in Advance,
> > 
> > Jason Lixfeld
> > 
> > 
> 
> Such driver exists and is available, look at www.3am-software.com. I can
> mail the tar files to you aswell. It is a drop-in replacement.
> 
> 	Sander
> 
> 	There is no love, no good, no happiness and no future -
> 	all these are just illusions.
> 
> 
> 




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