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From: Curt Welch <curt@kcwc.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: SC905-TX (was: 3C900 (EtherLink XL) and FreeBSD ???)
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 13:11:32 -0500
Organization: KCW Consulting
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Nick Sayer wrote:
> 
> tsingle@sunbaked.gsfc.nasa.gov (Tim Singletary) writes:
> >Does FreeBSD (2.1.5 or the 2.2 snapshots) support [SC900] card?

> There's no work to do. The 3c900 and 3c590 are the same except
> for the contents of the 'what am I?' PCI register.

I just got a SC905-TX 10/100 PCI card yesterday and it doesn't
work either.  Does anybody known what it takes to make it work?
Is it similar to the SC900/SC590?

I got the 2.2 snapshot kernel and modififed the code to make
the vx driver reconize the board, but that wasn't enough.  I
got errors about the eprom not responding (or something like that).

I wouldn't mind writing the code if I could get some pointers
about what it might take and where/how I can get the needed tech
info on the card.

Curt Welch
curt@kcwc.com