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Date:      Fri, 14 Aug 1998 09:35:44 +0000
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@hilink.com.au>
Cc:        Phil Allsopp <phil@virtek.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 3COM ethernet cards 3c905b-tx 
Message-ID:  <199808140935.JAA13061@word.smith.net.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 15 Aug 1998 00:30:06 %2B1000." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980815002421.4096B-100000@enya.hilink.com.au> 

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> 
> On Fri, 14 Aug 1998, Phil Allsopp wrote:
> 
> > I used to succesfully use 3Com 3c905 cards in a FreeBSD 2.2.5 box as vx0 but
> > the new 3COM 3c905b-tx cards don't work and unfortunately every
> > supplier now only supplies the 3c905b-tx cards.
> > Has anyone got the 3C905b-tx cards to succesfully work under 2.2.5
> > and if so how ?
> 
> The tx will never work under 2.2.5.  It needs a new version of the vx
> driver, which is under development, and has been for some time.
> I don't hold out hopes that the new vx driver will make it into 2.2.8!!!

The xl driver, which is what you're talking about, will definitely be 
in 2.2.8.

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