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Date:      Sun, 07 Feb 1999 20:24:57 +0100 (CET)
From:      Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>
To:        cjclark@home.com
Cc:        paulr@wans.net, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Loading Intel EtherExpress card
Message-ID:  <XFMail.990207202457.asmodai@wxs.nl>
In-Reply-To: <199902071805.NAA00689@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>

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On 07-Feb-99 Crist J. Clark wrote:
> Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote,

> The original poster said he had the 2.2.8 CDs.

Oversight on my part...

> The LINT info on ex0 is... well there is no comment on it. From LINT
> kernel, 

[ snip ]
 
> We see 'ex0' as a device line, but no mention of it, and what cards it
> is meant to support in the commentary (it's not even listed on the
> title line). So, my question is, where is the documentation that says
> that it for the EthernetExpress?

LINT,v is our friend. See, I `cheated'. It's one of those left out things
in the old LINTs. In my LINT the line is present about the EtherExpress, so
I had a slight advantage.

>> 
>> > device fxp0
>> > 
>> > That is the card supported by the GENERIC kernel.
>> 
>> Which is indeed PCI and not what we want.
> 
> But the only device for which 'EthernetExpress' popped up in the LINT
> kernel. Just making sure the original poster had the right bus.

I know, and I wasn't putting you down.

I was taking my guess that since Paul provided more background on the
problem than the average person asking for help that he knew what he was
talking about =)

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