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From: "Serge A. Babkin" <babkin@hq.icb.chel.su>
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Subject: Re: 3c509 patches.
To: gena@NetVision.net.il
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 15:36:15 +0500 (GMT+0500)
Cc: gibbs@freefall.FreeBSD.ORG, current@freefall.FreeBSD.ORG
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.960213112504.gena@NetVision.net.il> from "Gennady Sorokopud" at Feb 13, 96 11:19:59 am
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> 
> Hello!
> 
> On 12-Feb-96 "Justin T. Gibbs" wrote:
> >>These patches re-enable the watchdog timer and do some other
> >cleanup in how we access our ifp.  Can someone test these please
> >so I can commit them?  I have a 3c509, but no network at the
> >moment.
> 
> This patch solved my 3c509 "hangup" problems, i can do network backups again :-)
> Thanks a lot.
> 
> P.S.: I still have one minor problem, but i'm not sure it's 3c509 related.
> System hangs at boot after npx0: INT 16 interface. I've seen someone's posting on
> hackers mailing list telling that this hangup caused by improper probing of 3c509
> card.

I had this problem with an old 386 Siemens box (without any network card).
The only way I found to solve it was to disable the npx driver att all
and use the emulator.

-SB