Subject: Re: 3COM 3C905B Support in Current...
To: None <dillema@huygens.org>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: current-users
Date: 08/24/1998 10:39:41
On Mon, 24 Aug 1998 16:01:27 +0100
Feico Dillema <dillema@acm.org> wrote:
> Somebody put an Intel NT-machine on my desk, so I happily started preparing
> for another NetBSD install. However, I ran into a little problem.
> The INSTALL kernel doesn't configure the ethernet interface, a 3COM
> 3C905B (Fast Etherlink XL). I tried an 1.3.1 install-floppy, and then
> build a -current one (1.3G). I saw the vendor ID/Device ID listed in the
> NetBSD sources (10B7/9055) and assumed that meant it was supported or
> at least would be recognized. So my question is, is this card supported?
> If yes, what might be going wrong here. If not, is anybody working on it
> and would it be a lot of work to get it to work?
A driver for this device should appear in NetBSD-current sometime very soon.
Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov
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