You guys have all been really helpful in answering my question!  If you have
more info to throw please do, but you've already gone above and beyond my
simple question!

Thanks very much,
Robert

-----Original Message-----
From: port-alpha-owner@netbsd.org [mailto:port-alpha-owner@netbsd.org]On
Behalf Of Jason R Thorpe
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 12:49 PM
To: Chris Rupnik
Cc: Robert Manna; port-alpha@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: DEC hardware question


On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 12:08:17PM -0400, Chris Rupnik wrote:

 > ex0 at pci0 dev 11 function 0: 3Com 3c905C-TX 10/100 Ethernet with mngmt
 > (rev. 0x78)
 > ex0: interrupting at isa irq 9
 > ex0: MAC address 00:04:75:8a:cc:88
 > exphy0 at ex0 phy 24: 3Com internal media interface
 > exphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto

These adapters also have IP/TCP/UDP checksum offload in hardware (which
NetBSD supports), which can be really nice on slower machines.  It's one
of the reasons I like them so much.

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>