From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 1 11:24:28 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA28833 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 1 Oct 1997 11:24:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from frodo.epigram.com ([199.2.31.210]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA28828 for ; Wed, 1 Oct 1997 11:24:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.epigram.com (DALAT.epigram.com [10.100.100.211]) by frodo.epigram.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA27650; Wed, 1 Oct 1997 11:24:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3432953A.38656D78@mail.epigram.com> Date: Wed, 01 Oct 1997 11:23:54 -0700 From: Brandon Huey Reply-To: brandon@epigram.com Organization: Epigram, Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: MetcalJM@utrc.utc.com CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FW: Are 3COM 3C90x Ethernet adapters supported? References: <95A2D2968BD9D011A38B00A0C95727DB27AB0A@express2.res.utc.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk We discovered that while the card is not explicitly supported, the 59x drivers at least recognize the card and it is useable. However, upon swithing to a supported card (Intel EtherExpress) we found that our nasty amd problems just went away. That's all there was to it. I think it would be good if the driver could make specific attempts to _not_ support anything other than 59x. But, there's no excuse for not reading the documentation closely :-) MetcalJM@utrc.utc.com wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jeffrey M. Metcalf [SMTP:metcaljm@NOSPAM.utrc.utc.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 1997 1:31 PM > > Subject: Q: Are 3COM 3C90x Ethernet adapters supported? > > > > Hello, > > > > I am writing to ask if anyone has successfully set up FreeBSD with > > any of the 3COM 3C90x Ethernet adapters, or has reason to believe that > > > > they might work under FreeBSD. The following are the 3COM cards for > > which the FreeBSD Handbook makes explicit mention of compatibility: > > > > > > 3Com 3C501 cards > > 3Com 3C503 Etherlink II > > 3Com 3c505 Etherlink/+ > > 3Com 3C507 Etherlink 16/TP > > 3Com 3C509, 3C579, 3C589 (PCMCIA) Etherlink III > > 3Com 3C590, 3C595 Etherlink III > > > > > > I understand that sometimes hardware which is not explicitly listed in > > > > the hardware compatibility guide still adheres to the protocols of > > other > > devices which are supported. The machine I am considering for an > > install > > is my workstation, and I don't want to bother if the ethernet card is > > not supported. > > > > Does anyone have any feelings on this issue? > > > > Thanks, > > > > JM > > > > -- > > Jeffrey M. Metcalf > > Assistant Computer Systems Support Engineer > > United Technologies Research Center > > metcaljm@NOSPAM.utrc.utc.com (Remove the NOSPAM. for e-mail > > replies) -- Brandon Huey brandon@epigram.com Epigram, Inc. +1 415 843 4487