Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 12:10:03 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ethernet driver for Compaq Deskpro 4000 Message-ID: <199708070240.MAA11605@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <18347.870909109@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Aug 6, 97 04:11:49 pm"
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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 [[
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