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From: jcaron@pressimage.net (Jacques Caron)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: which ethernet cards suppported?
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 1995 01:51:29 +0200
Organization: Pressimage, France
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In article <40ig1m$r5l@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, saj@prairienet.org (Thomas D.
Eudaly) wrote:
>I am planning to install an ethernet NIC in my FreeBSD (1.1.5.1) computer.
>I've noticed that many people have had problems with various
>cards. Is there a database of cards that work with FreeBSD?
>Is this included in the package somewhere? Thanks!
From the "HARDWARE" file at the top of the dist:
FreeBSD GENERIC kernel:
Port IRQ DRQ IOMem Description
---- --- --- ----- ---------------------------------
[...]
de0 DEC DC21x40 PCI based cards
(including 21140 100bT cards)
ed0 280 5 dyn d8000 WD & SMC 80xx; Novell NE1000 &
NE2000; 3Com 3C503
ed1 300 5 dyn d8000 Same as ed0
eg0 310 5 dyn dyn 3Com 3C505
ep0 300 10 dyn dyn 3Com 3C509
ie0 360 7 dyn d0000 AT&T StarLAN 10 and EN100;
3Com 3C507; NI5210
ix0 300 10 dyn d0000 Intel EtherExpress cards
le0 300 5 dyn d0000 Digital Equipment EtherWorks
2 and EtherWorks 3
lnc0 280 10 n/a dyn Lance/PCnet cards
(Isolan, Novell NE2100, NE32-VL)
lnc1 300 10 n/a dyn See lnc0
ze0 300 5 dyn d8000 IBM/National Semiconductor
PCMCIA Ethernet Controller
zp0 300 10 dyn d8000 3Com PCMCIA Etherlink III
Ethernet Controller
[...]
3. LINT - other possible configurations
The following drivers are not in the GENERIC kernel but remain
available to those who do not mind compiling a custom kernel (see
section 6 of FreeBSD.FAQ). The LINT configuration file
(/sys/i386/conf/LINT) also contains prototype entries for just about
every device supported by FreeBSD and is a good general reference.
[...]
el: 3Com 3C501
fe: Fujitsu MB86960A/MB86965A Ethernet cards
[...]
I only kept Ethernet boards.
BTW, anyone know of any support for the Xircom CreditCard Ethernet Adapter
(PCMCIA) CE-10/A? I guess I'll have to do that myself, but one never knows
what's out there...
Jacques.
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