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From: guyd@austin.ibm.com (Guy Dawson)
Subject: Re: Emulex DCP-286i comms. board & 386bsd?
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Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 14:42:17 GMT
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In article <9307273428@jester.GUN.de>, michael@jester.GUN.de (Michael Gerhards) writes:
> Mathew BM LIM (mbl900@anusf.anu.edu.au) wrote:
> > I have "inherited" the following board from off the AT bus on a Sun 386i,
> > has anyone encountered one like it and does it work with 386bsd?
>
> > >From the manual :
>
> > "The Emulex DCP-286i is a high-performance, miltiprotocol communications
> > processor for IBM PC products with on-board intelligence in the form of an
> > Intel 286 microprocessor. <marketing guff deleted>
> ^^^
> 386BSD and NetBSD are ports to the Intel-386-architecture. They need 32 bit
> and the 286 has only 16. If you want to run a Unix-like OS, try Minix or
> COHERENT 3.2.
But it's a comms card that goes in the AT bus. It needs a driver not an OS!
I've not heard of any driver support for this card in ???BSD.
>
> Michael
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