Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 11:25:45 +0100 From: Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Can't get 3c509 to work with 4.0-RELEASE Message-ID: <20000514112545.A1181@linnet.org>
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I have installed 4.0-RELEASE on an old 486 ISA/VLB machine. I've put in a 3c509 ethernet card, but I simply cannot get it to be recognised. dmesg does not report anything do do with 'ep' at all, and 'ifconfig -a' doesn't list it. I know that the GENERIC kernel has ep support in it - not only is it listed in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC, but I can do # strings /kernel | grep -i 3c509 I have checked the settings of the card using 3c5x9cfg.exe (in the same machine, booting it into DOS). It was originally set to 240H/IRQ10; I have changed that to 300H/IRQ11. No difference. I have removed all other cards from the system, leaving just three in total (Promise EIDE/VLB card, ET4000 VLB video card, and the 3c509). No difference. Incidentally, this 3c509 does not have a PnP mode. The full settings as reported by 3c5x9cfg are attached below, and 'pnpinfo' doesn't find it, either. I have compiled a new kernel with all ISA NICs apart from ep and ex[*] disabled, and all ISA SCSI devices apart from bt disabled. Still no joy. As far as I can see, dev/ep/if_ep* in 4.0-STABLE are the same as those on my system. I suppose I could always try CURRENT, but there don't seem to be any changes in the card detection code. Anybody else had this problem? Am I being a bozo? Please cc: me directly on any reply. Thanks, Brian Candler. [*] There is a bug in the ex driver, which I have reported. Since that card didn't work properly, this is why I'm trying the 3c509. This 3c509 was taken out of a Linux box where it has been working flawlessly for over a year. -------- NIC type: TP Date of manufacture: 6/24/1994 Division code: 6 Product code: MA ASIC revision: 1 Software compatibility failure level: 0 Software compatibility warning level: 0 I/O base address: 300H Interrupt request level: 11 Boot PROM size: disabled Transceiver type: on-board TP Network driver optimization: server Maximum interrupt disable time: 1600 microseconds On the PCB, it is labelled as "EtherLink III", "3C509TP", "ASSY 8352-10, Rev F" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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