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From: matt@3am-software.com (Matt Thomas)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: SMC Etherpower 10/100 Model 9332 BDT - Has anyone used this card?
Date: 28 Oct 1996 17:33:02 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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To: aslam@lums.edu.pk (Sohail Aslam)

In article <54i2cm$722@chenab.lums.edu.pk>,
	aslam@lums.edu.pk (Sohail Aslam) writes:
>Has anyone used  SMC Etherpower 10/100 Model 9332 BDT with FreeBSD? We have
>been quoted this card for our 100 Mbps Ethernet LAN. THe vendor mentioned
>that this is newer version of earlier release that has been discontinued now.
>
>Could someone please mention the model numbers of the 100 Mbps SMC cards
>that work with FreeBSD? Model numbers is all what the vendors understand.

The SMC 9332BDT requires a newer version of the de driver than is in any
version of FreeBSD (or NetBSD).  I do have a driver that seems to work
with it.  However, I'm not ready for the driver to be widely distributed
so send me mail if you want to try it.

-- 
Matt Thomas               Internet:   matt@3am-software.com
3am Software Foundry      WWW URL:    http://www.3am-software.com/bio/matt.html
Westford, MA              Disclaimer: I disavow all knowledge of this message