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Re: SMC Ether Power PCI
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (davies@wanton.lkg.dec.com)
Mon Jan 15 10:52:04 1996
To: smurf@smurf.noris.de (Matthias Urlichs), linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
Cc: davies@wanton.lkg.dec.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 11 Jan 96 20:59:00 +0700."
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Date: Mon, 15 Jan 96 10:24:32 -0500
From: davies@wanton.lkg.dec.com
> ... if you don't mind the fact that the driver wants you to actually tell
> it the bus and number of the PCI card it should probe for. IMHO that's
> _really_ ugly -- what can possibly be wrong with scanning that stupid bus
> and installing yourself for all the cards you find?
Rubbish. The driver probes the EISA and PCI buses for cards. SMC cards
are not supported as I explained in the README *and* the sources.
> Oh yes, and the usual hacks because nobody, especially not the author, =
Some of us are busy with work. If it really bothered you, why didn't
you drop me an Email? No feedback == No rush.
Regards,
Dave
