Subject: Re: Problems with 3c905C NIC in a Dell 410
To: Steven Grunza <steven_grunza@ieee.org>
From: jvotaw@dev.tivoli.com <jvotaw@dev.tivoli.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 07/10/2000 10:30:44
Yes, the 3c905c is listed on the hardware comaptability page for 1.4.2
AFAICT. Has anyone gotten it working when it was integrated into the
motherboard on a Dell, however? I suspect that there is a subtle
difference between their implementation of the chipset and the standard
one you get on a separate PCI card.
But I'm really just guessing...
-Joel
On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Steven Grunza wrote:
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> I have a 3C905C-TX on a PCI card in my Dell system working fine under
> 1.4.2_ALPHA.
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> At 08:19 PM 7/8/00 +0200, Juergen Tritthardt wrote:
> >On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, jvotaw@dev.tivoli.com wrote:
> >> I am trying to install NetBAS 1.4.2 on a Dell Precision 410
> >> Workstation. Everything works fine but I am having some problems
> >> with the on-board NIC, which is a 3c905C.
> >
> >As far as I know the 3c905c is not supported by NetBSD 1.4.2. I
> >exchanged it with a 3c905b for running 1.4.2.
> >
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