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> > I have a Xircom Realport 56K 10/100 combo card (no dongles to deal with)
> > and would love to use it on my Sony VAIO running 3.3.3-RELEASE.
> >
> > What driver should I use and can anyone help with syntax for the
> > pccard.conf?  I have seen that it uses the "tulip" drivers on LINUX.  It
> > shows up under Windows initially as a DEC 21140 chipset.
> 
> Really?  Is this the PCMCIA or CardBus RealPort.  It makes a big
> difference: the PCMCIA version uses some Xircom proprietary silicon that
> I've written a driver for; I'd heard that the CardBus version used someone
> else's hardware, seems it's the DEC part...

PCMCIA yes.  It is the 16bit card.  It shows up initially as the DEC
chipset under Win98 before you load its own drivers...

> If you've got the PCMCIA model, the driver homepage is at
> http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~scott/xe_drv/
> and there's an archive of the mailing list at:
> http://www.lovett.com/lists/freebsd-xircom/

Thank you!

Woody


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