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From: paul@myrddin.isl.cf.ac.uk (Paul)
Subject: Re: NetBSD and NE2100?
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Date: Mon, 10 Jan 1994 19:39:55 +0000
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In article <0hA=wry00iV204e1V1@andrew.cmu.edu> Glenn E Durfee <gd2d+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>
>Can NetBSD(-current) make use of NE2100 ethernet cards?
>If so, how is it specified in the kernel?  (the same as the other kinds of
>ethernet cards (e.g. "device ed0 at isa? port 0x300 ...")?)
>Also, if it is supported, how does its performance compare to, say, a
>SMC/WD8013 or similar cards?

FreeBSD should have a NE2100 driver in the next release.

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  Paul Richards, 
  Intelligent Systems Laboratory, ELSYM ,University of Wales, College Cardiff
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