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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: Compaq PROSIGNA 300?
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 18:25:16 -0700
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Lance Cavener wrote:
]
] Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> wrote:
]
] >C Goellner wrote:
] >]
] >] I was thinking about putting BSDI on a Compaq PROSIGNA 300
] >] but before I did I thought I would ask here. My concern is
] >] with the onboard ethernet card. I think it is an AMD chipset
] >] which isn't on the hardware list.
]
] >This is the AMD PCNET ?
] >
] >It's a LANCE chipset.
] >
] >You will have to consult the configuration disks that come with
] >the machine for where it lives, it's IRQ, etc..
] >
] >If BSDI supports LANCE, it supports this chip.
]
] Terry, its not a matter of if BSDI supports the chipset or not,
] its a matter if the Compaq BIOS will ALLOW BSDI to ACCESS the
] card, and it will not.
]
] Read my original post.
]
] Lance
Sorry, the only "original post" I can find is that of:
| Chris Goellner
| Ciba Geigy Polymers NA
| UNIX System Admin
It was quoted in it's entirety, minus signature (above).
He is talking about the *ON BOARD* ethernet.
I find it impossible to believe that the BIOS on a motherboard
would be so designed as to prevent use of chips on the
motherboard.
Since the on board ethernet on the Compaq PROSIGNIA 300 works
with the FreeBSD "if_lnc" driver, if it is told where the I/O
and IRQ live, I find it impossible to believe that anything
other than the chip can affect the operation of the chip.
I also find it difficult to believe that the BIOS would be
capable of running, let alone actively interfering, with the
chip when the machine has been placed in protected mode.
I didn't mention FreeBSD before because it was a BSDI question
about hardware I was familiar with. I mention it now only as
one of three formal evidences that you are misleading Chris.
Perhaps you are confusing this with another thread?
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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