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From: dwhite@anshar.shadow.net (Don Whiteside)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: RELNOTES: suggested change
Date: 7 Jun 1995 08:52:52 -0400
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It would be nice if a * type of footnote were added to the enteries for, 
for example, the WD7000 and the Fujitsu MB8696(0|5)A ethernet cards, that 
indicated they are supported but are not enabled in the default kernel 
and must be recompiled into the kernel to be supported. It's not 
important if the SB16 isn't working at install, but for someone relying 
on the Fujitsu-based ethercard (like these Gateway Tech cards we use all 
the time in my shop) it would be nice to insure they know going in that 
it's not gonna work to do a FTP install...

Vaguely related - my WD7000 is a SCSI card, the HARDWARE.HLP lists the 
"Western Digital WD7000 IDE" While I'm wrong on almost a per-hour basis, 
I'd guess this is a typo....

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