From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 25 09:24:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA22845 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 09:24:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA22827; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 09:24:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA00932; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 09:19:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199811251719.JAA00932@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Bill Paul cc: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith), lcremean@tidalwave.net, stevec@dalnet.com, kaleb@ics.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, root@jtrevick.student.simons-rock.edu Subject: Re: Linksys NIC, was: Re: de ethernet driver -- another puzzle In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 25 Nov 1998 09:39:59 EST." <199811251440.JAA25244@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 09:19:02 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, Mike Smith had > to walk into mine and say: > > > > I got a Linksys EtherFast PCI card > > > > Older Linksys cards are supported by the 'de' driver; you can tell > > these because the large chip on the card has "digital" written on it. > > > > New ones use a new chipset and require a new driver not yet integrated > > into FreeBSD. > > Aw c'mon Mike, why didn't you tell him how to get the driver so he can > test it? I need testers. Whoops, sorry. 8( > P.S. If somebody knows where I can get a Macronix 98713 card (that's > 98713, _NOT_ 98713A) or has one they aren't using, please get in > touch with me. The 98713 is a little different from the 98713A: > it should receive and transmit okay with the mx driver, but the > NWAY support is broken and I can't fix it without a sample card. I was actually looking for these the other day for FTL. Unfortunately the same white-box supplier I got the last one from (went to Matt Thomas) is now shipping cards using the ASIX AX88140. (This looks like another Tulip clone; possibly more faithful than some of the others.) Should I grab one of these while I can? -- \\ 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-questions" in the body of the message