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From: veit@borneo.gmd.de (Holger Veit)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Please don't make me use Linux! NE2100?
Date: 23 Jan 1995 11:41:45 GMT
Organization: GMD - German National Research Center for Computer Science
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In article <3fjpui$2os@knobel.GUN.de>, andreas@knobel.GUN.de (Andreas Klemm) writes:
|> Terry Lee (yoda@rescomp.Stanford.EDU) wrote:
|> : Hi, I have an HP Vectra with integrated ethernet. It's supposed to be
|> : NE2100 compatible. However, I can't find support for it in FreeBSD 2.0Rel.
|> : I tried the ed driver, but it didn't work. The NE2000 driver in Windows
|> : doesn't work with it either, but the NE2100 Windows driver which supports
|> : DMA works.
|> : Is there any NE2100 driver on the way?
|>
|> If anything failes: There are other nice cards, that are supported && not
|> too expensive ;-)
The NE2100 works for very long time with NetBSD (is or le driver, don't
remember exactly). So I assume that a similar driver should be in FreeBSD
as well.
The NE2100 is not a NE2000 compatible, not even barely related.
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