Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 23:57:46 -0700 (PDT) From: "Kevin G. Eliuk" <kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net> To: Kostia Sampsa EXT/ICL <kostia@NTCARE01ES.ntc.nokia.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Hiyas, again, PnP Devices prob. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980806235354.813E-100000@vanessa.eliuk.org> In-Reply-To: <1998Aug07.091555.1935.1918993@ntcit-mmta18.ntc.nokia.com>
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On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Kostia Sampsa EXT/ICL wrote:
I'm pleased that you got the PnP modem issue resolved. As far as the
network card I am not the best resource for that. BTQ
=> Hiyas again :-D
=>
=> Well, here's the thing :
=> I tried to locate the modem with pnpinfo like you told me, and it did say
=> that Telewell ... found on 09x3f8 or something but then i found another
=> problem. The darn thing won't work in DOS (if i play duke3d via modem ;)) or
=> other non-pnp compatible OSes. Well, then i found a way. I forced the modem
=> to use Com2 and IRQ3 and non-pnp interface, and i disabled Com2 from BIOS
=> .. and Voi'la. It worked on every operating system. BUT, here comes the
=> other problem. The system won't find my Realtek PCI pnp ethernet card. Well,
=> it do finds it, but in the most oddball situation. If a compile the kernel
=> to support an isa board ethernet card (ed0), then it finds in the PCI scan
=> the Realtek network card (ed1). BUT if i won't compile with the ed0 isa?, it
=> wont find that ed1 ... if i try to compile with ed0 in pci? irq15 etc ... it
=> doesn't find anything. pnpinfo doesn't find anything. Does the kernel even
=> support that Realtek card, and how can i find that out? And if it does not
=> support, how can i add drivers for it?
=>
=> //Thanks in advance, Core.
Regards,
Kevin G. Eliuk
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