Subject: Re: SPARCstation 5 devices
To: port-sparc <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
From: Chris Amthor <amthor@chroam.de>
List: port-sparc
Date: 05/19/2004 16:47:29
Andy,

On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 03:27:13PM +0000, Andy Ball wrote:

[...]

> Am I right in thinking that the AUI connector just lets me use a
> different media with the on-board le0, and that I would need an SBUS
> board if I wanted two interfaces?

Yes. You can select the media type manually or have it autodetected,
but you can always just use one media type at a time.

Just the same like with these older PC-style NICs that also had AUI,
BNC and TP connectors, but actually only one transeiver.

cheers,
\end{kryz}

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