Found a working Gigabit Ethernet TC902X driver for STABLE

From: Martin (nakal_at_web.de)
Date: 03/28/04

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    To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 16:54:27 +0200

    Hi,

    I got a new network adapter (Longshine 8039TX; take a look here:
    http://longshine.de/produkt/1000mbit/giga-eng.html). I have been
    looking for drivers for STABLE and found this post:
    http://www.atm.tut.fi/list-archive/freebsd-stable/msg08427.html

    It mentions a module (sources), which you can download here:
    http://www.icplus.com.tw/Data/driver/TC902X_FreeBSD.zip

    The chipset comes from the company:
    Tamarack Microelectronics Inc. in Taiwan.

    I installed it on my STABLE box and it seems to work fine.
    Can someone of the committers take a look at the sources?
    I think the license is OK (it seems to be a BSD-type
    license). I hope that you can confirm that it is safe to
    use this module.

    For those who want to try it, here some advice (it's really
    weird, so read it please):

    1) unzip the file in an empty folder
    2) extract the tar-ball
    3) rename the Readme.txt to rio.tgz
    4) extract rio.tgz
    5) cp the Makefile from ./rio subdirectory
       to the directory with the module sources
    6) create a soft-link "pci -> ." in
       the same directory
    7) run make
    8) done, the result is: if_rio.ko

    I've asked to add it to ports ealier, but noone answered
    to me.

    I have tested this driver for 3 weeks now and it works
    well for me on FreeBSD-4.9-STABLE. It does not compile
    on CURRENT.

    Martin

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