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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!eff!news.umbc.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uunet!not-for-mail From: louie@uunet.uu.net (Louis A. Mamakos) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Problem with ethernet on Zenith Laptop Date: 15 Jan 1994 16:39:58 -0500 Organization: UUNET Technologies Inc, Falls Church, VA, USA Lines: 32 Message-ID: <2h9nreINN3qi@cfmartin.UU.NET> References: <1994Jan12.043754.26331@midway.uchicago.edu> <1994Jan12.105540.28979@cm.cf.ac.uk> <2h42tuINNd65@network.ucsd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cfmartin.uu.net Keywords: Zenith Znote network ethernet i8259sx In article <2h42tuINNd65@network.ucsd.edu>, David Horwitt <horwitt@cahuilla.ucsd.edu> wrote: > The Zenith Z-Note 325L laptop uses the Intel 82593 LAN controller >chip with a 82c501 ethernet serial interface chip. This also seems to be the case for the 486SL-based Z-Note machines as well. > I don't think a *BSD driver >exists for this; please correct me if I am wrong, and save me the work of >writing a driver myself. The lack of a network driver is the only thing >keeping me from installing FreeBSD on my Zenith. I'm not aware of one, either. There is some work being done on a Linux driver, and there exists a DOS packet driver TSR as well. The Linux driver, which still seems to be under development is on ftp.super.org in /pub/linux/pre-alpha/znet.c. I'd love to have a driver for NetBSD-current, and if I can find some time, I'd probably start with the Linux driver and whack on it as required. Right now, I'm having some problems making a floppy boot disk work on the thing... -- Louis A. Mamakos louie@uunet.uu.net UUNET Technologies, Inc. uunet!louie 3110 Fairview Park Dr., Suite 570 Voice) +1 703 204 8000 Falls Church, Va 22042 Fax) +1 703 204 8001