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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.com!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!wizard.pn.com!brighton.openmarket.com!decwrl!pa.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!usenet From: matt@3am-software.com (Matt Thomas) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: SMC Etherpower and FreeBSD ? Date: 5 Apr 1996 18:29:52 GMT Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 30 Sender: thomas@netrix.lkg.dec.com (Matt Thomas) Message-ID: <4k3or0$v8c@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> References: <DoMF2B.Kr4.B.ecsvax@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> <4j4peg$31l@news.mel.aone.net.au> <3157E5E4.59E2B600@freebsd.org> <yg0u3yz5r4n.fsf@roadrunner.noc.interop.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: netrix.lkg.dec.com X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.3 In-Reply-To: <yg0u3yz5r4n.fsf@roadrunner.noc.interop.net> To: <fritchie@MR.Net> In article <yg0u3yz5r4n.fsf@roadrunner.noc.interop.net>, fritchie@roadrunner.noc.interop.net (Scott Lystig Fritchie) writes: >>>>>> "jh" == "Jordan K Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org> writes: >jh> Tim Liddelow wrote: >>> Does the SMC Etherpower work with FreeBSD ? Can someone recommend > >jh> It works very well - we use one for ftp.cdrom.com's 100Mbit >jh> connection to the Internet, in fact. > >Please pardon my ignorance ... but a couple of questions: > >1. Do the Tulip drivers I've seen in FreeBSD 2.1.0 drive that card? Yes. >Or do I have to live "on the edge" a bit more? Only if you want ... >2. Will that card also do full-duplex 100mb/s? If so, is there >anything extra needed kernel-hack-wise, ifconfig-wise, or otherwise? The FreeBSD 2.1.0 if_de driver doesn't support full duplex mode. I've recently added support for full-duplex for some cards but it has not yet been tested. -- Matt Thomas Internet: matt@3am-software.com 3am Software Foundry WWW URL: http://www.3am-software.com/bio/matt.html Westford, MA Disclaimer: I disavow all knowledge of this message