On Tue, 10 Dec 1996 19:28:48 +0000 
 "Neil J. McRae" <neil@easynet.net> alleged:

> Sigh, I hate people who change things :-)
> 
> SMC have changed their brillian 10/100 card, NetBSD probes it but
> you can't actually ping anything, BSDI does the same. I'd assume
> FreeBSD and OpenBSD will also do the same.
> 
> Anyone know how different these cards are?
> 
> This is how it probes:
> 
> Dec 10 18:29:23 NetBSD /netbsd: de1 at pci0 dev 15 function 0: DC21140 [10-10
0Mb
> /s] pass 2.0
> Dec 10 18:29:23 NetBSD /netbsd: de1: Ethernet address 00:00:c0:a8:e7:e9
> Dec 10 18:29:23 NetBSD /netbsd: de1: enabling 100baseTX UTP port
> Dec 10 18:29:23 NetBSD /netbsd: de1: interrupting at irq 11
> 
> I am missing something obvious?
> 
I've been able to compare the 2 cards side by side now. The chip on the
newer card, which is much more compact and has lost the 9 pin connector, is
labbelled 21140-AC. On the old card it is 21140-AB. 

Neil
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