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Date:      Fri, 12 Sep 1997 21:56:38 +0300 (EEST)
From:      Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee>
To:        "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>
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.BSF.3.96.970912215434.3784D-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee>
In-Reply-To: <199709121652.JAA20660@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>

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On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, Rodney W. Grimes 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?!
> 
> http://www.3am-software.com, thats Matt Thomas' site who is the author
> of the BSD drivers.  The latest revision of his driver code should support
> this card.  If you do install this driver could you give me an ack or nack
> on if it worked correctly or not, especially if you can test in both
> 10MB and 100MB modes.
> 

I have used these cards for some time now and have seen zero problems.
They do, however, work only in 100Mb mode - I have no way of testing
them in 10Mb setting (=no 10Mb hub, 10Mb is thinnet only).

	Sander

	There is no love, no good, no happiness and no future -
	all these are just illusions.

> 
> 
> -- 
> Rod Grimes                                      rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com
> Accurate Automation, Inc.                   Reliable computers for FreeBSD
> 




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