Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 14:21:06 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: kkrumm@purdue.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: network card compatability? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980312142012.17791H-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980312024217.0090b430@purdue.edu>
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On Thu, 12 Mar 1998 kkrumm@purdue.edu wrote: > i am in the market for a new network card. i came accress one that i do > not know whether it will work with freebsd. it is not listed on the list > of compatable network cards, but it is compatable with sco unix. is there > a way to port the sco unix driver for the card to freebsd? or is there any > future planned support for the card? the card i am talking about is the > netgear fast ethernet pci adapter fa310tx. it is made by a company called > bay networks. also, is there any restriction on the type of hubs that can > be used with freebsd? Most cheap PCI cards are Digital-chip based; check the card. If it has a Digital 2114x chip on it, it'll work. For porting drivers, we need the source, and vendors don't normally provide source. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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