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From: Curt Welch <curt@kcwc.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: 3C905-TX (was: 3C900 (EtherLink XL) and FreeBSD ???)
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 14:14:34 -0500
Organization: KCW Consulting
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My first post seems to have been lost - sorry if this is a dup

Nick Sayer wrote:
> tsingle@sunbaked.gsfc.nasa.gov (Tim Singletary) writes:
> >Does FreeBSD (2.1.5 or the 2.2 snapshots) support [the 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.


What about the 3C905-TX?  I just got this card yesterday and
haven't been able to make it work.  Is it similar to the 3C900/3C590?

I got the 2.2-Current kernel source and modified the vx driver
to reconize my card, but that wasn't enough.  I got additional
errors about the eprom not responding (or something like that).

I'd be happy to make the required changes to the dirver to support
this card if someone could give me a few pointers (like where
to get the required tecnical documents, etc).

Does anyone know anything about this card?  It's a 10/100BASE-TX
PCI card.

Thanks,
Curt Welch