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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoknor.edu!ns1.nodak.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!news.u.washington.edu!spleen.apl.washington.edu!user From: kargl@apl.washington.edu (Steven G. Kargl) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 3C509 Date: Mon, 08 May 1995 10:49:12 -0700 Organization: Applied Physics Lab/University of Washington Lines: 27 Message-ID: <kargl-0805951049120001@spleen.apl.washington.edu> References: <3ok6fm$l1h@news.nde.state.ne.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: nntp5.u.washington.edu In article <3ok6fm$l1h@news.nde.state.ne.us>, cwelch@esu3.esu3.k12.ne.us (Craig L Welch) wrote: > The FreeBSD.FAQ lists the 3C509 card with a (*), which later shows to > correspond to it having "known problems" What, exactly, are these > problems? Have they been resolved in any of the snapshots, will they be > in 2.0.5? I've found the 3C509 to be an excelland busmastering card in > many other applications, use it now, and would rather not have to > purchase another type of card in order to use FreeBSD :-) I saw another > article about this on this newsgroup, but there was no reply. One would > be greately appreciated, with an explanation of the problem/ solution / > and even a time-frame. Are there / is there a way to recompile the > kernel to enable such support, and is it fully reliable / does it perform > correctly if this is done? Thank you, > The 3c509 works fine (once you get it set up). The FAQ is quite out-of-date IMHO wrt to the 3c509. I have run a 3c509 under FreeBSD 1.1.5.1, 2.0R, 2 different SNAPS, and now current. The driver (ep0) has undergone some extensive work (some time arounf the 950412 SNAP), and appears to quite stable. -- Steven G. Kargl Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington Seattle, WA 98105