Subject: Re: Lite-On 82c168/82c169 PNIC support?
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 03/09/2000 23:44:49
On Fri, Mar 10, 2000 at 01:37:06AM -0600, Ryan Thompson wrote:

 > I went through the list of supported hardware for 1.4.1, but did not see
 > support for the Lite-On PNIC cards (or, more specifically, the FA310X card
 > that I am currently using in my development machine).  Am I out of luck?  
 > The kernel probe recognized the adapter, but did not associate it with a
 > driver (assumedly because a driver does not exist :-).

These chips are supported[*] in -current using the `tlp' driver.

[*] These chips are incredibly buggy, and I have been having a hard time
figuring out exactly how to work around all of their problems.  It doesn't
help that I'm in the middle of a job switch right now, either.

Once I can plug one of these cards into a machine again (hopefully
very soon), I can work on the driver some more.  I'd like to get
them working better before 1.5 is released.

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>