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Re: NI5210 support?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael K. Johnson)
Tue Nov 19 12:54:37 1996

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From: "Michael K. Johnson" <johnsonm@redhat.com>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 19 Nov 1996 08:50:40 EST."
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Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 12:51:55 -0500
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Gene Wilburn writes:
>The HOWTOs say the NI5210 ethernet card is supported, but when I do a make
>xconfig, the NI5210 line is dimmed out and I can't select it.  We have a
>small number of old 8-bit NI5210 cards I was hoping to use in a small home
>network.  When something is listed but dimmed, does that mean that support
>was planned but never implemented?

No, it means that it is "experimental".  Enable experimental options
and you will be able to select it.

michaelkjohnson

"Ever wonder why the SAME PEOPLE make up ALL the conspiracy theories?"



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