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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!convex!convex!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!emba-news.uvm.edu!sadye.emba.uvm.edu!wollman From: wollman@sadye.emba.uvm.edu (Garrett Wollman) Subject: Re: my bug list Message-ID: <1993Mar29.144932.23840@uvm.edu> Sender: news@uvm.edu Organization: University of Vermont, EMBA Computer Facility References: <C3zn9C.GDx@flatlin.ka.sub.org> <DERAADT.93Mar26160807@newt.fsa.ca> <1993Mar29.142429.12369@cm.cf.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1993 14:49:32 GMT Lines: 22 In article <1993Mar29.142429.12369@cm.cf.ac.uk> paul@isl.cf.ac.uk (Paul) writes: >Unlike the western digital cards there isn't >even an id so you can see if it's actually an isolan. And then he writes: >These cards have a >sixteen byte area of rom which contains the ethernet address and two >ports which are used to access the Lance registers. Ummm, you're contradicting yourself, Paul. If it has an Ethernet address on it, then it has an ID so you can see if it's actually an <X>. Every Ethernet/802.3 address ever assigned has 24 bits of vendor ID in it. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@emba.uvm.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. uvm-gen!wollman | It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people UVM disagrees. | who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant