Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 19:58:10 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Swindells <rjs@fdy2.demon.co.uk> To: mike@smith.net.au Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AMD PCNet/FAST cards; suppliers? Message-ID: <199807261858.TAA00871@fdy2.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199807261711.KAA10890@antipodes.cdrom.com> (message from Mike Smith on Sun, 26 Jul 1998 10:11:14 -0700)
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> > > > >Howdy; a straightforward question: FreeBSD Test Labs is looking for a > > >source for a PCI card or cards using the AMD PCNet and/or PCNet/FAST > > >chips. (Am79c97x etc.) > > >> http://www.amd.com/products/npd/overview/19433f.pdf >So nobody manufactures an adapter featuring the PC-Net FAST device? >That's kinda depressing. 8( I didn't check all the web sites to see if anyone was selling any newer cards than on that list. You are the one that wants to buy one :-) Try Allied Telesyn. They have a 100Mb/s card, but don't indicate whether it is an AMD board. Boca Research are another to try. We are using the PCnet-FAST at work, but it is built into a motherboard. > > I have got a few patches to the driver that allow it to recognize the > > later chips. I'll send it in when I have tidied it up a bit. >Recognising isn't so much the battle as working with them. But yes, >please do. (File PR, naturally). The driver in stable works fine with both the PCnet PCI-II and the PCnet-FAST reference boards from AMD. I have added support for the extra registers on these boards, but I did it more to allow me to debug some flakey hardware than to use the extra functionality. If I get time, I will add mediaopt support. Robert Swindells To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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