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From: pmh@pilhuhn.de (Patrick M.Hausen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How do I add devices to FreeBSD 2.0?
Date: 29 Apr 1995 19:44:49 +0200
Organization: The Home Of The Pilhuhn
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Message-ID: <3nttuh$55o@pilhuhn.pilhuhn.de>
References: <westesD7IMI9.Iu7@netcom.com> <3nfrmk$h6b@agate.berkeley.edu> <3nr12e$66g@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de>
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j@narcisa.sax.de (J Wunsch) writes:
>In article <3nfrmk$h6b@agate.berkeley.edu>,
>Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@violet.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>>>devices. I needed to add something as basic as an ethernet card
>>>(Novell Eagle NE2100 or NE1500), and I couldn't even find basic
>>>documentation on the process required to do this.
>>
>>/usr/share/FAQ is your friend. In there, you will encounter a file
>>named FreeBSD.FAQ and in that file you will encounter the following
>>section (which I, ahem ahem, wrote):
>Unfortunately, i don't think a NE2100 or NE1500 is supported in 2.0.
>Maybe in -current, it's a Lance chip AFAIK, so the lnc driver might do
>the trick.
*sigh* Usenet loses its mind every 24 hours ;-)))
Novell NE2100 boards are perfectly supported by the _is0_ driver
_ever_since_1.0.2_, thanks to Paul Richards.
NE2100 is even listed on the back of the 2.0 CDROM.
I don't know if this driver is still in -current -- read about a
new lnc driver replacing several old ones.
Have fun,
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