Subject: Re: choice of SMC PCI network cards
To: Zdenek Salvet <salvet@horn.ics.muni.cz>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/16/1996 19:10:35
On Thu, 16 May 1996 21:16:08 +0200 (MET DST)
Zdenek Salvet <salvet@horn.ics.muni.cz> wrote:
> Will SMC 8434T (Etherpower *dual channel* busmaster, 32bit PCI) work
> with NetBSD (1.1 or -current) ? And SMC 8432BT (Etherpower combo, 32bit PCI) ?
Can you tell us more about the card? I think the SMC PCI cards have DEC
ethernet chips on them ... maybe it's like the other DEC multiport cards
I've heard about (that are ethernet and pci->pci beidge, and the
additional ethernets behind the bridge ... all on a card...)
might just try plugging it into a PCI NetBSD system and crossing your
fingers ... (there's actually a good chance that it will work...)
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