[s-x86] Re: Sol8/intel-final SMC/EtherEZ supported?

[Michael Riley <mikeri@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 10:15:10 -0800
> From: "Austin" <amurphy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: solarisonintel@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [s-x86] Sol8/intel-final SMC/EtherEZ supported?
> 
> Hi,
> In the final release of Solaris 8 will the SMC EtherEZ NIC be
> supported?  
> 
> I have the Early Access version and the Hardware compatibility list
> makes no suggestion of this (or any other ISA NIC) being supported. 
> The Solaris 7 HCL listed this NIC as supported.  Is there a way to get
> this driver to work with the early access 8.  Does anyone actually use
> ISA NIC's anymore? Or am I SOL.  I got the CD set and would like to
> test drive it but as of right now I am stuck. 
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help you can give.
> 
> Austin Murphy

ISA NICs are not supported any more.  A PCI NIC gives better performance and
can be picked up quite cheaply.

Soon computers will not even have ISA slots, which is one of the reasons ISA
support for add-in cards was dropped in Solaris 8.

Naturally certain ISA devices are still present, such as the basic I/O and
sound.  But those are typically going to be integrated in the MoBo now and
not as a plug-in card.

Mike


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