On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 01:27:59PM -0700, Erik E. Fair wrote:
> There are two 21140 based DE500 "DEC Fast EtherWorks" interfaces: the 
> DE500-XA and the DE500-AA. The "FCC ID" silkscreened on the PCB will 
> tell you what you have (so will NetBSD autoconfig output at boot 
> time):
> 
> 	DE500X = XA (21140)
> 	DE500A = AA (21140)
> 	DE500B = BA (21143)
> 
> In my experience, SRM has issues with the XA; I don't believe that 
> model supports Nway (IEEE 802.3u) negotiation.

So, is the important part the chip or the board it sits on? Also, is
the 21140A different from the 21140?
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