Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 12:03:19 -0800 From: "Michael Reilly" <michaelr@cisco.com> To: <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: 3com 3c589 PCMCIA ethernet card Message-ID: <00e501bd2dba$1c920320$c84447ab@keeska-mr.Cisco.Com>
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I found a thread concerning 3com's 3c589 card and FreeBSD dating back to
1995. I tried sending Email to the authors of the messages but haven't
received any responses so I'll try here.
I ran the diagnostics on my 3com 3c589 card to set the IRQ and I/O port (10,
0x300) and then booted FreeBSD. The card was not found. I then tried
running the card's diagnostics again only to discover that the card now had
an error in the NVRAM (CIS memory corrupt according to the diagnostics).
The previous thread referenced a program, CHECKCIS.EXE which could be used
to correct this problem but I cannot find that program.
Can anyone tell me how to 1) correct the CIS memory corrupt problem and, 2)
get this card to work under FreeBSD?
I am currently using a borrowed IBM Ethernet card which works fine but I
need to return the IBM card soon.
Thanks,
michael
P.S. Windows NT works fine with the card - it doesn't complain about the
corrupt CIS memory and it finds the card.
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Michael Reilly michaelr@cisco.com
Cisco Systems, Santa Cruz, CA
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