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From: "Peter Zhigulin" <zpit@samara.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Does 3c590 (Etherlink XL PCI) work with FreeBSD 2.1.5?
Date: 25 Oct 1996 02:42:03 GMT
Organization: Samara State University
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Brian Scott <bscott@ucsd.edu> wrote in article
<3267ce35.8392563@netnews.worldnet.att.net>...
> 
> Hi. I'm considering switching from Linux to FreeBSD, and was wondering if
2.1.5
> supported the 3com 3c590 NIC? I was looking at the supported hardware
list on
> the web, and it didn't say that it was supported, but it didn't say it
wasn't
> supported either.
Hi Brian
You can check for details /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/LINT
There you can find description for device 'vx' - that's what you need
I think:
....
# The `vx' device provides support for the 3Com 3c590 and 3c595 ethernet
# adapters.
....
device		vx0
....

Peter
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Brian

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Regards !
Thanks for Your time ...
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