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Date:      Fri, 26 Feb 1999 12:44:13 +0000
From:      Adam Wiggins <adam@ixpres.com>
To:        Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: etherexpress pro 100/b
Message-ID:  <36D6971D.FFF77E99@ixpres.com>
References:  <36D69488.5EB93A8E@ixpres.com> <36D6867C.574EC521@tdx.co.uk>

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Karl Pielorz wrote:
> > fxp0 <Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100B Ethernet> rev 4 int a irq ?? on pci0:6:0
> >         int line register not set by bios
> > fxp0: couldn't map interrupt
> 
> It looks like it found the card, but coulnd't get an/the IRQ for it... Try the
> card in a different slot, make sure you don't have the BIOS in 'plug and play'
> mode, and if you can try setting the IRQ's for the PCI slots in the bios...

Ah!  The BIOS was indeed the problem.  Thanks much for the ultra-quick
response.

However, just to satisfy my curiosity - why is that the driver for this card
is availible by default, yet doesn't show up in the visual config?  I guess
I'm just a little confused as to how FreeBSD drivers actually work.


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