[1594] in linux-net channel archive
Re: SMC Ether Power PCI
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Woods)
Thu Jan 4 20:05:15 1996
Reply-To: cjwoods@gigotech.net
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 08:45:19 -0500 (EST)
From: Chris Woods <cjwoods@gigotech.net>
To: Michael Chui <mchui@cs.indiana.edu>
cc: redhat-list@redhat.com, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu, linuadmin@sluh.edu
In-Reply-To: <199601020746.CAA28710@moose.cs.indiana.edu>
On Tue, 2 Jan 1996, Michael Chui wrote:
> retsam@sluh.edu writes:
> > Does anyone know if Linux supports the Ether power PCI Ethernet
> >adapter? I recently purchased one because I heard that linux did support it.
> >I've re compiled my kernel to include all the SMC cards but it didnt
> >mention the etherpower and Linux did not recognize the card.
>
> The SMC EtherPower card uses the DEC 21040 chipset, for which
[...]
Actually, I believe the newer SMC EtherPower 10/100 cards use the DEC
21041 chip, which is significantly different enough from the 21040 so as
to render the driver unusable as-is.
Chris Woods cjwoods@gigotech.net
Garbage In/Garbage Out Technologies, Inc.
"A computer without Windows is like a fish without a bicycle."
All the usual disclaimers apply, as if they mean anything legally...
