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Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 16:35:20 +0200
From: "Gabriel Diaz" <gabidiaz@gmail.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Is IBM ThinkPad R60e notebook compatible with Plan9?
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hello

i used to use one of those cards until it crashed, a "corporative"
change made me to change the notebook to a new brand, so i'll never
know what was happening :(, i will try plan9 in the compaq nc8430
soon, it has a broadcom card too, but i hope this time the realtek
card works.

gabi


On 5/10/07, erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com> wrote:
> it's a "Broadcom Integrated BCM 5752".  is someone working on this?
> i almost started on this one until i realized my wife was not about to
> give up her thinkpad. ;-)
>
> the linux driver (tg3) is daunting.  12000 lines to drive an ethernet card.
> yikes!
>
> i think some people use 8139-based cardbus adapters.
>
> - erik
>