On Sat, 29 Jan 2000 01:19:44 -0500 
 "Tony Hernandez" <dbsaint@gru.net> wrote:

 > I have not been happy at all with my 3c905b-tx 3com card. I used to run a
 > rtl3139 under linux and never had a peep out of it it worked all the time.
 > NetBSD did not have support for the rtl8139 so I grabbed a 3com 3c905b and
 > it has just never ceased to give me hickups. I remember it flaking out a few
 > times under 1.4 where I could ping the machine 1 out of 5 tries.. it's just
 > become a hassle. Do we have rtl8139 support in 1.4.2_ALPHA ? and will that
 > kernel work with a 1.4.1 userland ? Or should I really just buy a PCI NE2000
 > and move on ? It is just frustrating.

The "rl" driver in 1.4.2_ALPHA will support your 8139 card.

There were some issues with timing and talking to the PHY on some versions
of NetBSD/3c905B.  I am using one quite reliably right now.  Perhaps we can
get those changes pulled up into 1.4.2...

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>