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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 13:08:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: "Norman E. Morin" <nomorin@cisco.com>
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Subject: Re: freebsd2.2.5 and 3com 3c503
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On Mon, 3 Aug 1998, Norman E. Morin wrote:

> I tried to use the 3com 3c503 ethernet card with a
> FreeBSD 2.2.5 kernel. The system
> panics when booted from the kernel installed on the hard drive. 
> Is there some "magic" setting that corrects the crash condition?
> 
> The system boots fine when the 3c503 card is removed.
> The system also boots fine when the system is booted 
> with a floppy install disk and the ethernet card id
> installed.
> 
> I looked at the irq in the config but the resources look ok.
> The io is set at 280h, the irq is set at 5 and the memory is
> set for d8000. The jumpers are set appropriately.
> 
> I tried the same type card on another system at home. It panics
> also. The panic occurs when the 3com card is querried.
> (ed0 or ed1, tried both jumper settings)
> I also set the card at 300 and the behavior is the same (panic).

That driver hasn't been touched in years and is probably suffering from
fatal bitrot.  Buy a newer card.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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