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From: guido@gvr.win.tue.nl (Guido van Rooij)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development
Subject: Re: com-beta-0.2.1 now for NetBSD
Date: 27 May 1993 19:35:12 GMT
Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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References: <CGD.93May12012606@eden.CS.Berkeley.EDU> 	<1993May13.190534.3955@cc.umontreal.ca> <CGD.93May13134656@eden.CS.Berkeley.EDU> <C7IsGK.91r@pilhuhn.ka.sub.org>
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hwr@pilhuhn.ka.sub.org (Heiko W.Rupp) writes:

>cgd@eden.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Chris G. Demetriou) writes:

>>the fact that the driver is is useful, however, doesn't deter me
>>from wanting it to go away silently; it's really a bad hack,
>>and a great replacement is on the way...

>Even if it is a bad hack, it does it's work better than the not yet
>released successor. 

>-- 
>Heiko W.Rupp     Gerwigstr.5     D-7500 (76131)  Karlsruhe      +49 721 693642
>Don't SANFORIZE me!!

In a few weeks, a new patchkit will hit the net with Bruce's com driver
which is a hell of a lot better then the stock driver. My patches to
make it support multiport cards and bidirectional usage will either be
included or posted on the usual newsgroups. 
So, a bit of patience wouldn't be too bad....

-Guido
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