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From: matt@3am-software.com (Matt Thomas)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: SMC Etherpower and FreeBSD ?
Date: 5 Apr 1996 18:29:52 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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In article <yg0u3yz5r4n.fsf@roadrunner.noc.interop.net>,
	fritchie@roadrunner.noc.interop.net (Scott Lystig Fritchie) writes:
>>>>>> "jh" == "Jordan K Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org> writes:
>jh> Tim Liddelow wrote:
>>>  Does the SMC Etherpower work with FreeBSD ?  Can someone recommend
>
>jh> It works very well - we use one for ftp.cdrom.com's 100Mbit
>jh> connection to the Internet, in fact.
>
>Please pardon my ignorance ... but a couple of questions:
>
>1. Do the Tulip drivers I've seen in FreeBSD 2.1.0 drive that card?

Yes.

>Or do I have to live "on the edge" a bit more?

Only if you want ...

>2. Will that card also do full-duplex 100mb/s?  If so, is there
>anything extra needed kernel-hack-wise, ifconfig-wise, or otherwise?

The FreeBSD 2.1.0 if_de driver doesn't support full duplex mode.  I've
recently added support for full-duplex for some cards but it has not yet
been tested.
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Matt Thomas               Internet:   matt@3am-software.com
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