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From: jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly)
To: Tsung-li Wu <twu2@eos.ncsu.edu>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: NE2000 card setup
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 19:24:46 GMT
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On Sat, 10 Jan 1998 01:59:47 -0500, Tsung-li Wu <twu2@eos.ncsu.edu>
wrote:

>I tried to install two NE2000 cards in a 486 machine, and
>the related data are as following:
>
>interface    I/O    IRQ  Memory Address
>ed0          220     5      d8000
>ed1          300     3      d8000
>
>Obviously, there is a conflict between two d8000s,
>how should I assign the two Memory Addresses to
>avoid the conflict? What if I install a third one?

NE2000 does not use shared memory, so in your case the memory address
is ignored.  It's only for cards like the SMC Ultra which use shared
memory and are supported by the same device driver, "ed."


John