Subject: Re: Tigon 3 gbit ether
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Feico Dillema <feico@pasta.cs.uit.no>
List: current-users
Date: 03/27/2003 14:00:51
On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 01:49:41PM +0100, Frank van der Linden wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 01:48:27PM +0100, Feico Dillema wrote:
> > We got ourselves some motherboards with a Tigon 3 Gb ether on boadr.
> > Searching mailinglists indicates driver is lacking due to NDA requirements
> > and overall lack of cooperation from manufacturer. Is that still the case,
> > or can we expect a driver for it in the near future?
> 
> Tigon 3 is a different name for the Broadcom 570x chips, and they are
> supported by the bge driver (in -current and the head of the 1.6 branch).
Ok, thanks a lot! Missed that one completely. I only noticed the ti
driver. Maybe the bge manpage should mention `Tigon' for shortshighted
people like me, such that it shows up with man -k Tigon and such.
Well, at least now it should show up in the email archives ;).

thanks again,

Feico.