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From: vixie@vix.com (Paul A Vixie)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: SMC EISA Ethernet card on BSD/386 or FreeBSD
Date: 21 Jun 94 22:37:49
Organization: Vixie Enterprises
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In-reply-to: lien@tam.cs.monash.edu.au's message of Tue, 21 Jun 1994 11:41:12 GMT

>Could someone tell me whether the SMC EISA Ethernet card (32-bit) works with
>either BSD/386 or FreeBSD please ?

SMC is kindof an also-ran and its interface is wildly unlike the current crop
of cards.  Since their hardware isn't "enough cheaper" I don't expect driver
support to appear soon, in any *BSD, free or commercial.
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Paul Vixie
Redwood City, CA
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