Date: Thu, 05 Oct 1995 17:16:16 -0700 From: Dave Hayes <dave@elxr.jpl.nasa.gov> To: Jake Hamby <jehamby@lightside.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New PCI cards and FreeBSD Message-ID: <199510060016.RAA04750@elxr.jpl.nasa.gov>
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Jake Hamby <jehamby@lightside.com> writes: >Hey, another JPL'er using FreeBSD! Welcome aboard! I'd love to get most of JPL using this stuff. It's great, and secure (compared to SunOS) too. >The EtherExpress 16 is supported with a line like: > >device ix0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 10 iomem 0xd0000 iosiz 32768 vector >ixintr But that's for ISA only. PCI stuff is all wipe your butt for you auto configured, which is good if it works. >You didn't mention if these devices were recognized by the GENERIC >kernel. Are they? I thought that was the only kernel on the CDROM? >By the way, the only PCI-specific drivers I see, are >the NCR 53C810/53C825 SCSI controller (which I've got in a Micron 100MHz >Pentium here, works great!) and the DEC DC21040 PCI Ethernet adapter. >All other cards are supported through the PCI->ISA bridge, apparently. Yes, how do you use this? ------ Dave Hayes -- Institutional NETworks - Section 394 -- JPL/NASA - Pasadena CA dave@elxr.jpl.nasa.gov dave@jato.jpl.nasa.gov ...usc!elroy!dxh Nasrudin was standing outside the window of a beautiful girl, playing the guitar and serenading her. Someone asked: "Why do you not ask her to marry you?" Nasrudin replied: "I have thought of that; but, if she agreed, what would I do with my evenings?"
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