Subject: Re: NetBSD 1.2 on sparc
To: Brian Buhrow <buhrow@cats.ucsc.edu>
From: Neil J. McRae <neil@domino.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 01/08/1997 22:42:46
On Wed, 8 Jan 1997 13:13:43 -0800 
 buhrow@cats.ucsc.edu (Brian Buhrow) wrote:

> 	I am not a NetBSD/Sparc guru here, but here's my take on the Ethernet
> problem.  I believe that NetBSD supports the older "lance ethernet"
> interface cards in SBUS slots, i.e. the ones which do not also have SCSI
> interfaces on them, but does not support the newer "Lebuffer" ethernet
> cards, which do have SCSI interfaces with them.  You probably have one of
> the newer SCSI/Ethernet cards, the ones we have which are of the older
> variety were purchased before 1991, and so that is your problem.
> 
I thought I saw a commit makeing lebuffer work?

Neil
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