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Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 14:28:27 -0400
From: tim palmer <timpal@intercall.com>
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hmm, so if you're the "Principal Architect", I should take your word over the people
at Walnut Creek regarding 3c590 support in 2.1.5, yes? Ahh well, c'est la guerre! 

David Greenman wrote:
> 
> >On Sat, 13 Jul 1996, Tim Palmer wrote:
> >
> >> I'm trying to get a 3c590 ethernet board to talk to my FreeBSD
> >> 2.1 (Walnut Creek CD-ROM) and having no luck. I've downloaded if_vx.c
> >> and if_vxreg.h from -current and referenced if_vc in my files.i386, but
> >> the kernel compile fails with 3 messages complaining about if_vx.c
> >> referencing an unknown "if_softc". So, my real question is: as a non C
> >> speaking person, should I not worry about making this 3c590 work just
> >> yet? Or did I just miss a simple step in installing the driver?
> >
> >Trying to back-port it to 2.1-R wouldn't be such a great idea.  Just hang
> >on for the 2.1.5-RELEASE; it includes the 3c590 support, I believe.
> 
>    Err, actually, no, it doesn't. We should probably have brought it in
> before the code freeze. :-(
> 
> -DG
> 
> David Greenman
> Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project