Just minutes after posting this, I received a reply from Matt Thomas 
indicating that the work in question has largely been done.  My 
apologies for the overlap.  Hardware is on it's way to Matt; we look 
forward to hearing his results.

> This posting seeks to locate developers interested in adding support 
> for the Macronix MX98713 and adapters based on this part to the 'de' 
> driver.  Such work would be of immediate benefit to both the FreeBSD 
> and NetBSD groups.
> 
> The Macronix MX98713 is a clone of the Digital DC2114x 'tulip' family.
> Documentation for these parts is available from Macronix' website
> (www.macronix.com).  Support for these parts already exists in the Linux
> tulip driver.  Cards featuring the MX98713 typically retail around
> US$35.oo or so in one-off quantities, making them an extremely cheap
> 100bTX solution for PCI systems.
> 
> We have already attempted to contact Matt Thomas (the maintainer of this
> driver), with no response. This may mean that he's not interested, or
> just too busy, and this solicitation is not meant as a snub, but rather
> just a widening of the net.
> 
> If you're interested in working on this, please contact me off these 
> lists to reduce followup noise.  You may also want to try contacting 
> Matt (matt@3am-software.com) to coordinate your work.
> 
> Regards,
> -- 
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\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
\\  The race is long, and in the  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\  end it's only with yourself.  \\  msmith@cdrom.com