Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 14:52:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Fatbob <fatbob@charon.gothic.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: PCI NICs that use the DEC Tulip driver? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0006071452040.11034-100000@charon.gothic.net>
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Help! We've got a machine here that's running FreeBSD-2.1.0-RELEASE (yeah, I know), and we need to put two NICs in it. Before you recommend I upgrade or rebuild the kernel, here's the catch... We didn't build the box - we need the software that's on it; it was shipped running that version of FreeBSD; the only Ethernet driver in it is the DEC 21040 Tulip driver. The NIC shipped with it is a DEC 21040. The software itself loads from lkm's (I think, but can't say 100%) - it's for A/V restripe, and we don't have the application's source code.. There is no kernel source on the machine; even if there was, I'm loath to rebuild the kernel for an alternate NIC since that may hose the application in unknown and horrid ways, and that's not an option - a not-working NIC is less problematic than not-working software. I've booted it with /kernel.GENERIC, but the software it's supposed to run doesn't work with that kernel, although all the network drivers are installed. We could contact the vendor, but it will probably take them a while to get us a new kernel with the appropriate drivers. My question is ... can someone recommend PCI 10/100 NICs that use the DEC Tulip driver (the 'de' interface), are still available, and will work with the 21040 driver under FreeBSD-2.1.0? I'm not picky as to model (SMC, Linksys, DEC, etc.) - I just need to find one that works. thanks in advance (and a bit of desperation), Klaus To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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