Jason R Thorpe wrote to netbsd-help@netbsd.org:

> 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.

Why ``tlp'', just out of curiosity?


> [*] 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.

Dang.  I was afraid of that :-)  I guess it really wouldn't be worth my
while to run -current just for partial support.  I'd help you test if I
had more free time on my hands.

Thanks for the update,

- Ryan

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