Subject: Kinetics EtherPort SE/30? (yes, it's NIC based)
To: None <port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Ken Nakata <kenn@romulus.rutgers.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 11/30/1995 19:28:01
Hi,

I got an ethernet card made by Kinetics, EtherPort SE/30.  I can
clearly see its ethernet controller chip, and it's DP8390.  Yet, when
I pulled my Xceed SE/30 card out, put the EtherPort instead, and
booted MacBSD, it says:

We think we are a Dayna card, but it is dangerous to continue.
nubus0: slot 9: EtherPort SE/30 (Vendor: Kinetics, A Division of Excelan, Inc., Part: ???)  not configured

So, it's not enough the card is NIC based?  Hmm...  I'm building a
kernel which continues anyway when it finds a Kinetics or Dayna card.
I'll see what happens.

BTW, does anyone know a cheap source for IIsi NuBus (or PDS, though
NuBus is preferred) adaptors with a NIC based ethernet built-in?

Thanks,

ken