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authorbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2001-10-19 15:01:54 +0000
committerbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2001-10-19 15:01:54 +0000
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New release and hardware note: gx(4).
While I'm here, fix a minor markup glitch in bge(4) release note.
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<para>The &man.fxp.4; driver now requires a <literal>device
miibus</literal> entry in the kernel configuration file. &merged;</para>
+ <para>The &man.gx.4; driver has been added to support NICs based
+ on the Intel 82542 and 82543 Gigabit Ethernet controller chips.
+ Both fiber and copper variants of the cards are supported. Both
+ boards support VLAN tagging/insertion, and the 82543 additionally
+ supports TCP/IP checksum offload.</para>
+
<para>The &man.lge.4; driver has been added to support the Level
1 LXT1001 NetCellerator Gigabit Ethernet controller chip. This
device is used on some fiber optic GigE cards from SMC, D-Link
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