Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 09:04:54 -0700 (PDT) From: ron@cts.com To: dave@persprog.com Cc: Dave Alderman <dave@persprog.com>, Michael Beckmann <beckmann@nacamar.net>, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMC Etherpower II issues Message-ID: <XFMail.970724093444.ron@cts.com> In-Reply-To: <33D76A6B.B7339D87@persprog.com>
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I have one of the little suckers in my hand as I type... 83C170QF. Too bad there isn't a FreeBSD driver (and from all I have heard, one is not in the works), my client would have bought a bunch of them (SMC - are you listening?). FreeBSD probably is not at the same priority at SMC as gates'97, gatesNT or even gates3.11 but if I were an aspiring network interface supplier, I think I would have considered all the potential customers, such as those that multi-boot systems that have both FreeBSD and gatesWare (or OS2, for that matter). Maybe SMC's attempt to gain independence from DEC compatability and establish their own market niche will backfire. Ronald L. McDaniels Trilobyte, Inc. "Not, not *that* Trilobyte" On 24-Jul-97 Dave Alderman wrote: >>Michael Beckmann wrote: >> >> I was told, but have not been able to verify, that new PCI Ethernet cards >> from SMC "SMC EtherPower II 10/100" >> are no longer equipped with "Digital 21140" chips, but rather with >> EPIC/100 83c170 chips. >> >> This has some implications on the usability with FreeBSD, I guess. >> >The last ad I saw for the card showed an SMC part on the board. It was >definitely not a 21140 (unless they cloned it). >-- >It's not my fault! It's some guy named "General Protection"! >--Ratbert >David W. Alderman dave@persprog.com ---------------------------------- E-Mail: ron@cts.com Date: 07/24/97 Time: 09:05:01 This message was sent by XF-Mail ----------------------------------
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