Stan Pietkiewicz wrote:
> 
> Jonathan Stone wrote:
> > <<snip>>
> 
> > Err,  not quite...
> >
> >         i) the 5400 has DSSI onboard, via an SII chip  (as used in 3100s.)
> >        ii) I beleive the 5400 has an onboard LANCE with
> >             an interface not unlike the 3100s.
> >
> >       iii) the 5500 has a weirdo proprietary ``second generation
> >            ethernet chip'' for which the only documentation I've
> >            ever seen is some marketing-level stuff.   I have no
> >            intention of writing a driver for it.
> >            You'd be better of with a DEQNA or a DELQA in the Qbus,
> >            even if it means no netbooting.
> >
> > I hope whoever-it-is out there who has a 5500 and no OS
> > for it gets to see point (iii).
> >
> 
> That would be me.....
> I do recall seeing some AMD LANCE (IIRC) family chips on the I/O board (
> the exact part numbers escape me at the moment).
> Netbooting the DS5500 at this time is not a priority for me; getting
> NetBSD on the Alpha is higher on the list.......
> 
> BTW, I'm not afraid of C code; I just don't want to blindly hack away at
> things!
> 
> <<another snip>>
> 
> Stan

My excellent memory is getting shorter: 
FWIW:
show dev reports the "on-board" ethernet as an eza0.....

I have no idea what the 5400 E'net shows up as...

Stan