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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!uunet!in3.uu.net!nntp.inet.fi!news.funet.fi!news.ifmo.ru!usenet 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 Lines: 36 Message-ID: <01bbc226$783cd8e0$1841d1c3@icent> References: <3267ce35.8392563@netnews.worldnet.att.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.209.65.5 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=KOI8-R Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 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 -- Regards ! Thanks for Your time ... ********************************************************* ** The Pit, NSA ** SNC ** ** e-mail: zpit@samara.net ** e-mail: wheel@samara.net ** *********************************************************