Messages in this thread | | | From | (Paul Slootman) | Subject | Re: Intel EtherExpress Pro (making it work) | Date | Tue, 3 Dec 1996 13:28:23 +0100 (MET) |
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vermont@gate.net wrote: > >At work nearly all of the machines come with Intel EtherExpress Pro PCI >ethernet cards (with an 82557 chip), and even though a few coworkers told
Stop right there.
Note that the original Intel EtherExpress Pro cards had a 82556 chip. Intel quietly "changed" the card to one using a 82557 chip, and calls that card the "B version". It is, in fact, a completely different card. Even the DOS drivers etc. are not interchangeable.
We were bitten by this, because we had ordered a couple of these cards to go into a Solaris 2.4 system. They weren't recognized. Closer inspection revealed that these cards were different than the originals, and are not and will not be supported by Solaris 2.4.
Hence, the Linux driver for these things will have to be changed to work for the "B version" Intel EtherExpress Pro.
Intel seems to make it a point to be a cause of aggravation...
Paul Slootman -- Murphy Software, Enschede, The Netherlands | ... It beeped and said work: paul@wau.mis.ah.nl / paul@murphy.nl | "Countdown initiated." home: paul@wurtel.demon.nl | Is that bad?
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