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From: 5150 (5150)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Support for Intel Etherexpress Pro?
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 07:48:02 GMT
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j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) wrote:

>I think -current does... yup:

>j@uriah 773% cd /sys/pci
>j@uriah 774% fgrep -i etherex *
>if_fxp.c: * Intel EtherExpress Pro/100 PCI Fast Ethernet driver
>if_fxp.c:               return ("Intel EtherExpress Pro/100 Fast Ethernet");


woohoo! Once intel clears their backorder on the fire-sale they just
finished on the Pro/100, there will be dozens of requests for this
driver.

can't wait for mine. $49 for a $225 Fast ethernet card? I'm happy to
be on the bleeding edge of this one. I received 2, waiting for 2 more.
nice card.