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From: jmrueda@diatel.upm.es (Javier Martin Rueda )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Announcing new beta driver for Intel EtherExpress pro/10 network card
Date: 30 Oct 1996 13:40:30 GMT
Organization: Dpt. Ing. Telematica
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Hi. I finally got upset of not being able to use my office PC with FreeBSD,
just because it had an Intel EtherExpress Pro/10 network card, and decided
to write a device driver for it. The result is now available for use by
anyone. :-)

I've done the work under FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE, and I don't know yet if it
can be used as is on newer or older releases, but, if necessary, I will
adapt it to 2.2 when time allows.

I've placed the driver, and a small README file in:

ftp://ftp.diatel.upm.es/incoming/jmrueda2/if_ex-961030.tar.gz

The driver seems to work well, but I'd appretiate that other people test
it, and that, if possible, some specialist guru in network device drivers
have a look at the code, just in case I messed something up.

I wrote the driver based on Intel's documentation, and also got some
insight from various other FreeBSD network device drivers, Linux'
eepro device driver, and the 4.4BSD book from Addison-Wesley.