Compatible NIC

[Stijn Hoop]

On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 12:22:56PM -0400, TM4525 at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 10/29/04 12:13:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> ilkerozupak at yahoo.com writes:
> 
> >>quick sho> I want to buy a NIC and I want it to be compatible
> >> with FreeBSD.
> >> Is RealTek 8139 compatible with FreeBsd ?
> > 
> >> rt answer : yes
> 
> >long answer:
> >see hardware notes' it is listed there.
> >
> >RealTek 8129/8139 Fast Ethernet NICs ( rl(4) driver)
> 
> Check the driver source. Any driver witten by Bill Paul should be avoided
> if possible. 

Or you can do what any remotely sane person does, which is ignoring the crap
that the previous poster writes and just use the driver.

--Stijn

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"An adult is a child who has more ethics and morals, that's all."
		-- Shigeru Miyamoto
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