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From: tinguely@plains.NoDak.edu (Mark Tinguely)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: SMC EtherEZ support ?
Date: 13 Jun 1997 15:19:55 -0500
Organization: Computer Science Department, North Dakota State University, Fargo
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In article <5nmaoo$d8p$1@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu>,
Juzer T. Kopti <kopti@seas.gwu.edu> wrote:
>At looking at the following URL: http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ61.html#61
>it does not explicitly mention suport of the SMC EtherEZ network card 
>[8416], and I find it hard to beleive that FreeBSD 2.2.1 [which is what
>I have installed] would not support it, am I missing something ? and if
>so which is the correct driver I need to install ?

the SMC EtherEZ is supported under the ed driver. Use the DOS configuration
driver to make sure the card is port mapped (and therefore not memory mapped).
At the same time, it will also tell you the port, and interrupt numbers.

--mark.