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Date:      Fri, 22 Sep 2000 00:29:44 +0100
From:      Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk>
To:        Bill Paul <wpaul@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man4 pcn.4 Makefile  src/sys/alpha/confGENERIC src/sys/i386/conf GENERIC src/sys/modules  Makefilesrc/sys/modules/pcn Makefile src/sys/conf files  src/sys/pciif_pcn.c if_pcnreg.h src/release/sysinstall devices.c
Message-ID:  <39CA99E8.45BFE772@originative.co.uk>
References:  <200009201730.KAA91122@freefall.freebsd.org>

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Bill Paul wrote:
> 
> wpaul       2000/09/20 10:30:22 PDT
> 
>   Modified files:
>     share/man/man4       Makefile
>     sys/alpha/conf       GENERIC
>     sys/i386/conf        GENERIC
>     sys/modules          Makefile
>     sys/conf             files
>     release/sysinstall   devices.c
>   Added files:
>     share/man/man4       pcn.4
>     sys/modules/pcn      Makefile
>     sys/pci              if_pcn.c if_pcnreg.h
>   Log:
>   Add a new driver for the AMD PCnet/FAST, FAST+ and Home PCI adapters.
>   Previously, these cards were supported by the lnc driver (and they
>   still are, but the pcn driver will claim them first), which is fine
>   except the lnc driver runs them in 16-bit LANCE compatibility mode.
>   The pcn driver runs these chips in 32-bit mode and uses the RX alignment
>   feature to achieve zero-copy receive. (Which puts it in the same
>   class as the xl, fxp and tl chipsets.) This driver is also MI, so it
>   will work on the x86 and alpha platforms. (The lnc driver is still
>   needed to support non-PCI cards. At some point, I'll need to newbusify
>   it so that it too will me MI.)
> 
>   The Am79c978 HomePNA adapter is also supported.

I wish you'd mentioned you were doing this. I have a newbusified lnc
driver and I was working on the 32 bit code.

We know have 3 lance based drivers for i386 plus another for alpha :-(


Paul.


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