On Fri, Sep 25, 1998 at 08:50:39AM -0700, Chris G. Demetriou wrote:
> "Charles M. Hannum" <root@ihack.net> writes:
> > > On the other hand these two drivers would be the only ones in the whole
> > > system having the same manufacturer and the same bus architecture.
> > 
> > Actually, there is at least one other example: the Adaptec 1542
> > (`aha') and Adaptec 1522 (`aic'), which are both ISA SCSI controllers.
> > (Although this is a little different in that one is a `smart' board
> > and the other is a `dumb' board.)
> 
> of scsi drivers, those may be the only one...
> 
> However, ethernet drivers are nother.  the record there for same
> manufacturer & bus would seem to be 5 (!!), for the 3c50[13579]
> boards on ISA.  8-)

Uh, no.

The record for totally different but nearly indistinguishable from marketing
view is Intel Etherexpress.

You have: 

- Intel Etherexpress
- Intel Etherexpress PRO
- Intel Etherexpress PRO/10 PCI
- Intel Etherexpress PRO/100

with at least 3 totally different (to my knowledge) chipsets.

	-is