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Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 17:10:37 +0930
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: Pasvorn Boonmark <boonmark@juniper.net>
Cc: Jane Kelly <Jane@intercom.org>, dk@snark.ukma.kiev.ua,
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Subject: Re: ne2000
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On Wed, Sep 10, 1997 at 12:09:33AM -0700, Pasvorn Boonmark wrote:
> Jane Kelly writes:
>> Im trying to run ne2000 card on freeBSD 2.2.2 but
>> BSD cannot see the card. What is the usual setup procedure.
>
> The kernel should probe for a device named "ed0", the driver name for
> the ne2000 card.
>
>> My understanding is that there is usually a program
>> that comes with the card and that it runs under dos.
>> Does this program need to be compiled?
>
> no.
>
>> My card did not come with aprogram for BSD. Is there such a
>> program out there? Is there a way to do it using only the BSD?

Did the board come with a program for DOS?  You should run that.  You
don't need a driver, but you do need either to configure it or at
least to know what the current settings are.

> The kernel should come with the driver.  You might want to type
> "dmesg" and look for "ed0".
>
> If the kernel recognized the card, "ifconfig ed0" should display some
> information.
>
>> Shouldn't there be better documentation on this?

Yes, it should be supplied with the board.  As far as the driver goes,
look at ed(4).

Greg