Date: Sun, 2 Apr 1995 14:06:09 +0100 (BST) From: Paul Richards <paul@isl.cf.ac.uk> To: luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it (Luigi Rizzo) Cc: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: A note on snap950322 install -- lnc0 support Message-ID: <199504021306.OAA19700@isl.cf.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <199504011150.NAA06008@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> from "Luigi Rizzo" at Apr 1, 95 01:50:35 pm
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In reply to Luigi Rizzo who said > > I tried to install snap950322 on a system with an Ether-32VL ethernet > card. This card uses the lnc driver. Two points about the install > kernel and procedures: > > - the kernel on the disk look for the card at io 0x280, int 5; > the card, by default, is at io 0x300, int 3, and, at least mine > CANNOT be configured at 0x280 (the reason is probably that it seems > to use a lot of IO ports). I used kernel -c to change this, but it > would be nicer if the default choices in the kernel were pointing to > a realistic address. We could add a second entry I suppose but different cards have different defaults and changing to 0x300 would just cause the same complaints from other lnc users. The solution is to either use -c or build a new kernel. If there are a lot of people with the same problem then we'll have to look at adding a second lnc driver at the alternate address for installation purposes. > > - the install scripts seems to lack an entry for lnc cards. I'd suggest > two things: 1) obviously, add the entry in the install scripts, 2) > add a "blank" entry where the user can specify its own adapter name, > to overcome the problem in case a new adapter is not supported. This was an oversight which is being fixed, Poul/Jordan ? -- Paul Richards, FreeBSD core team member. Internet: paul@FreeBSD.org, URL: http://isl.cf.ac.uk/~paul/ Phone: +44 1222 874000 x6646 (work), +44 1222 457651 (home) Dept. Mechanical Engineering, University of Wales, College Cardiff.
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