Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 11:27:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Robert Swindells <swindellsr@genrad.co.uk> To: faber@ISI.EDU Cc: fmc@reanimators.org, mike@smith.net.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AMD PCNet/FAST cards; suppliers? Message-ID: <199807281827.LAA09416@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199807281812.LAA18644@tnt.isi.edu> (message from Ted Faber on Tue, 28 Jul 1998 11:12:59 -0700)
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>The ethernet on the MX-133 is integrated into the case, i.e. it's not >a PCMCIA card or an add-on. I haven't opened the thing up, but for >all I know the controller's on the motherboard. Apparently they've >made some interesting choices about the defaults for the PCNET chip >they used. It seems to come up in ISA compatibility mode. The documentation for the chip doesn't mention anything about there being an ISA mode. >If the chip *does* work in native PCI mode, maybe we should >concentrate on bringing up the controller in direct PCI mode. I don't >have the relevent chip specs, but if you can tell me anything I'll be >happy to help. We have been using this chip on a laptop motherboard & it works fine as a PCI device. I'll send you a driver to try later. Robert Swindells To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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