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From: kopti@seas.gwu.edu (Juzer T. Kopti)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: SMC EtherEZ support ?
Date: 11 Jun 1997 13:55:36 GMT
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Hi,

At looking at the following URL: http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ61.html#61
it does not explicitly mention suport of the SMC EtherEZ network card 
[8416], and I find it hard to beleive that FreeBSD 2.2.1 [which is what
I have installed] would not support it, am I missing something ? and if
so which is the correct driver I need to install ?


Below is the text from the above URL:


3.15. What network cards does FreeBSD support?

There is support for the following cards:

``de'' driver

       DEC DC21x40 and compatible PCI controllers
       (including 21140 100bT cards) 

``ed'' driver

       NE2000 and 1000
       WD/SMC 8003, 8013 and Elite Ultra (8216)
       3Com 3c503 
       HP 27247B and 27252A 
       And clones of the above 

``le'' driver

       DEC EtherWORKS II and EtherWORKS III controllers. 

``ie'' driver

       AT&T EN100/StarLAN 10 
       3COM 3c507 Etherlink 16/TP
       NI5210 

``is'' driver

       Isolan AT 4141-0 
       Isolink 4110 

``el'' driver

       3com 3c501 (does not support Multicast or DMA)

``eg'' driver

       3com 3c505 Etherlink/+

``ze'' driver

       IBM PCMCIA credit card adapter

``lnc'' drive

       Lance/PCnet cards (Isolan, Novell NE2100, NE32-VL)(*)

``ep'' driver

       3com 3c509 (Must disable PNP support on card)

``ix'' driver

       Intel InterExpress

``cx'' driver

       Cronyx/Sigma multiport Sync/Async (Cisco and PPP framing)

``zp'' driver

       3Com PCMCIA Etherlink III (aka 3c589)

``fea'' driver

       DEC DEFEA EISA FDDI controller

``fpa'' driver

       DEC DEFPA PCI FDDI controller

``fe'' driver

       Fujitsu MB86960A/MB86965A Ethernet cards

NOTE PCMCIA Ethernet cards from IBM and National Semiconductor.

NOTE Drivers marked with (*) are known to have problems.

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Thanks 

Juzer