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Date:      Thu, 06 Nov 1997 22:50:32 -0800
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        Marc Slemko <marcs@znep.com>
Cc:        hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ 
Message-ID:  <199711070650.WAA19923@implode.root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 06 Nov 1997 22:06:32 MST." <Pine.BSF.3.95.971106215423.28822M-100000@alive.znep.com> 

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>Anyone heard anything about this card?  Note the 100+, not 100B.
>
>10/100, single chip design in marketingspeak (not sure how much it pans
>out in reality, looks reasonably close), same price as 100B.  
>
>Isn't clear if it is replacing or supplementing 100B.  Anyone know
>anything about it?  How different is it to the 100B?
>
>Has an 82558 on it (the B has a 82557 doesn't it?).  Half the rated power
>requirements as the B.

   The 82558 is an 82557 with an integrated 82555 PHY chip. It should be
100% compatible with the 82557/82555 combination and thus should work fine
with the current fxp driver in FreeBSD.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project



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