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@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ netgraph subsystem. The ng_ether(4) node is now dynamically loadable.
Miscellaneous bug fixes and enhancements have also been made. [MERGED]
The pcn(4) driver, which supports the AMD PCnet/FAST, PCnet/FAST+,
-PCnet/PRO, PCnet/Home, and HomePNA adapters, has been added. Although
-these cards are already supported by the lnc(4) driver, the pcn driver
-runs these chips in 32-bit mode and uses the RX alignment feature to
+PCnet/FAST III, PCnet/PRO, PCnet/Home, and HomePNA adapters, has been added.
+Although these cards are already supported by the lnc(4) driver, the pcn
+driver runs these chips in 32-bit mode and uses the RX alignment feature to
achieve zero-copy receive. This driver is also machine-independent,
so it will work on both the i386 and alpha platforms. The lnc driver
is still needed to support non-PCI cards. [MERGED]
@@ -387,7 +387,8 @@ chipsets, including the following:
NEC Gigabit Ethernet
AMD PCnet/PCI (79c970 & 53c974 or 79c974)
-AMD PCnet/FAST, PCnet/FAST+, PCnet/PRO, PCnet/Home, and HomePNA.
+AMD PCnet/FAST, PCnet/FAST+, PCnet/FAST III, PCnet/PRO,
+PCnet/Home, and HomePNA.
SMC Elite 16 WD8013 Ethernet interface, and most other WD8003E,
WD8003EBT, WD8003W, WD8013W, WD8003S, WD8003SBT and WD8013EBT
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