Hi David.
>>> An ne1000 driver can be done later, but to make sure that
>>> everybody can join in for now, the more popular the card the
>>> better.
>> That sort of decision appears to be a geographically based one,
>> so may not produce the result you are expecting...
> Not true at all. All you need, is the 8390 code written. Once
> you've got that, it's very very very easy to support the ne2k,
> the 3c503 and the wd8003. All of these are available in some
> part of the world.
If that's how it's done, then I'd agree. However, I note that the
original post specifically referred to the ne2k and equally
specifically excluded even the ne1k, and my post basically said the
same as yours: Make the code as generic as possible, rather than
entwine details of a specific card throughout the code...
Best wishes from Riley.
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