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Date:      Fri, 30 Jan 1998 15:42:34 -0500 (EST)
From:      Feiyi Wang <fwang2@unity.ncsu.edu>
To:        Michael Reilly <michaelr@cisco.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 3com 3c589 PCMCIA ethernet card
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.3.96.980130154033.19756A-100000@loki.csc.ncsu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <00e501bd2dba$1c920320$c84447ab@keeska-mr.Cisco.Com>

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Hi, You can use PAO ( FreeBSD Mobile Computing Package) in  
http://www.jp.freebsd.org/PAO/. There is a version for FreeBSD 2.2.5, it
will work. I was always wondering why this package can't be integrated
into official distribution of FreeBSD?

hope this helps

/Feiyi



On Fri, 30 Jan 1998, Michael Reilly wrote:

> 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.
> 
> ---- ---- ----
> Michael Reilly        michaelr@cisco.com
>     Cisco Systems, Santa Cruz, CA
> 
> 




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