Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 21:36:57 -0700 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, jgrosch@MooseRiver.com, "Mark J. Taylor" <mtaylor@cybernet.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NetGear 10/100 Ethernet: an oversight? Message-ID: <199905060436.VAA13304@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 05 May 1999 19:17:59 PDT." <199905060217.TAA04147@dingo.cdrom.com>
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I have a BayNetworks card which I guess has the Lite-On PNIC PCI network controller (/sys/pci/if_pn.c) Works okay over here. May 5 21:35:40 muadib /kernel: pn0: <82c169 PNIC 10/100BaseTX> at device 20 Cheers, Amancio > > When Compaq bought DEC, most of DEC's network manufacturing, including > > the design rights to the Tulip chip, were bought by Bay Networks, nee > > Nortel. I assume the FA310TX is still being made with the Tulip, > > unless Bay got smart and killed it. In that case, it's probably > > either a PNIC or the other Tulip-like chip from Winbond. > > The Tulip design is owned by Intel. > > The new Netgear cards are not the FA310TX. I think they use the PNIC > part, but my memory's never been the best. Ask Bill Paul if you really > care. > > Alternatively, if the GENERIC kernel isn't probing the card, please > tell us which chip is actually on it, so that we can fix things. > > -- > \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith > \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au > \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message -- Amancio Hasty hasty@star-gate.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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