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From: thomas@lkg.dec.com (Matt Thomas)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.1.0 10/5 PCI install problems
Date: 29 Oct 1995 17:34:31 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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In article <46orob$e4n@Apollo.dmacc.cc.ia.us>, cfr@dmacc.cc.ia.us (Charles F. Randall) writes:
|>[config]
|>:Ethernet - SMC Etherpower 10Mb/sec (SMC8432T) in PCI slot 3
|>:The probe detects a:
|>:
|>:Digital DC21041 Ethernet rev 17 int a irq 11 on pci0:20
|>
|>I've got a 133 MHz Gateway with the SMC PCI Ethernet card that is also
|>recognized as de0. Shouldn't this be recognized as ed0?

Absolutely not.  The PCI cards are completely different from SMC's ISA
cards and use a completely different driver.

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Matt Thomas                          Internet:   thomas@lkg.dec.com
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