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From: kswanson@blacksmith.com
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 3COM 3C905-TX network card compatible?
Date: 30 Jan 1997 18:59:45 GMT
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curt@kcwc.com (Curt Welch) wrote:
> In comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc, Dara Ghahremani <dara@salk.edu> writes:
> >I don't see anything about the 3COM 3C905-TX 10/100 BASE T network card
> >listed in the FreeBSD documentation, including the FAQs. Does anyone know
> >if this is compatible, and if so, what driver it uses?

> I'm using that card on a FreeBSD 1.5.1. system (in 10Base-T mode).  The vx
> driver was modified a few months back to provide enough support for the card
> to make it work.  When I got the driver, it was in the "incoming" ftp
> directory on the FreeBSD site.  I suspect it is part of one of the standard
> release trees at this point but I don't known which.  Even the older
> version of the driver could be made to work with the card by just adding
> 2 lines of C code to the routine that reconized the cards ID.

> So, yes, it's there somewhere.

What about the 3COM 3C515-TX card? It is also a 10/100 card, but it is ISA instead of PCI.
What 10/100 ISA cards are compatible with FreeBSD?

Kevin Swanson
kswanson@blacksmith.com