Steve Paul writes:
> Greetings,
> 
> The latest batch of NetGear 100base NIC's no longer work with
> NetBSD.  This is a shame as I've really liked the performance/price
> of these cards and I've recommended them to lots of people.  The
> new NetGear boards don't have the Digital chipset anymore, but
> instead a chip marked "NetGear LC82C169C".  If you are buying
> NetGear cards, make sure to inspect them and get old-stock
> with the "Digital" markings on the main chip- else they wont
> work!

It is a little worse than this.  I have two 'FA310TX REV-D1' cards
that have a "NETGEAR NGMC169B" chipset.  It also appears to have a
extern PHY that is a 'LEVEL ONE 9748', presumably the LXT-970 that
we have support for.

So it looks like NetGear has at least three families of chips, the
Digital, the NGMC169B, and the LC82C169C.  I'm guessing that the latter
two are similar, but I have no idea.

> What this comes down to is: Does anyone have a recommended
> 100base card that will work?  I'll run any version of NetBSD from
> 1.3.2 to current.  I've tried several 3Com's, several SMC's and 
> now NetGear cards and I'm kind of out of options for local availability.  
> I was about to mail-order some Intel 10/100 combo's to try 'em out, 
> but if you people have any that are known to work, I'd appreciate 
> to hear about 'em.

Jason Thorpe mentioned the VIA Rhine based chips the last time this
question came up.  The 3Com 3c905B-TX should work fine with 1.4 also.

-Andrew
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