From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Aug 6 19:52:52 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA11693 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 19:52:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA11688 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 1997 19:52:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id MAA11605; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 12:10:04 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199708070240.MAA11605@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Ethernet driver for Compaq Deskpro 4000 In-Reply-To: <18347.870909109@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Aug 6, 97 04:11:49 pm" To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 12:10:03 +0930 (CST) Cc: peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jordan K. Hubbard stands accused of saying: > > I would like to run FreeBSD on a Compaq Deskpro 4000. Unfortunately, > > this machine includes a non-supported NetFlex-3 Ethernet controller. > > The NetFlex-3 is based on the TI ThunderLAN TNETE100A NIC. The > > output from a verbose PCI probe is shown below (the particular chip > > probes as pci0:11:). > > > > Does anyone have a suitable FreeBSD 2.2 driver for this NIC? > > My understanding is that the company does not provide technical > details for this card, hence it's difficult to envision support > being provided for it anytime soon. I'm fairly certain that this is not the case; I pursued the datasheet for this part last time the issue was raised, and I do recall locating it. Given my recollections' track record, you might want to verify this independantly; check TI's website. > Jordan -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[