Subject: Broadcom BCM4401 driver written
To: None <tech-kern@NetBSD.org>
From: Cliff Wright <cliff@vixen.snipe444.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 09/26/2003 14:33:44
I have written a NetBSD driver for the Broadcom BCM4401 pci
ethernet 10/100 chip used by my Dell Inpiron 8500 laptop.
The information to write this was obtained from the Linux driver,
which of course is GPL'd. I will e-mail the author at Broadcom, and see
if a BSD license is possible for this NetBSD version.
The driver is fully functional, however does not have vlan, or
flow control support. I also took the short cut of receiveing all
multicast. It may not be big-endian machine clean, as I have only
tested it on my laptop. I used the generic phy driver. I thought
I would wait to see what response I get from Broadcom before going
any further, however wanted to mention this in case their is interest.
	Cliff Wright