Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 14:14:09 +0000 From: John Murphy <john253@crosswinds.net> To: Michael Walsh <mikkel@bluegrass.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Two 'xl' nics (was problem with make depend) Message-ID: <f5p13t02q5up0g9df81e5tq054srq0q9n6@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20001207212349.00823c30@bluegrass.net> References: <3.0.6.32.20001206175931.008116a0@bluegrass.net> <3.0.6.32.20001206175931.008116a0@bluegrass.net> <ps5u2toehgnmte8q1k85jbgh965j3qh381@4ax.com> <3.0.6.32.20001207212349.00823c30@bluegrass.net>
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Michael Walsh wrote: >Thx. So how would I go about defining the 2nd card in my Kernel file? >Should it say "at pci" instead of "at isa"? When I do an ifconfig -a I >get only a device called xl0. This is my first 3com card and it is >configured properly. I could not however find where in the Kernel it was >defined unless it was a line that said > >device xl #3com yadayadayada I think that's the only entry you need for both cards, but I'm not 100% sure. It's best to always Cc the list, especially when it's a different question. >That appears to be it, but there is no "at pci" or a port or a iomem >address defined on that line. Also, I changed that line to read: > >device xl0 > >and added a line > >device xl1 > >...no change either. What baffled me about this one is, shouldn't it have >undefined my card and left me with no card configured after I did that? >What does the xl mean, is that the name of a driver file that the opsys >will know. I thought it was just an alias and you could basically put >anything there if you put the "at isa yadayada" stuff after it to identify >the irq and port stuff. Well pci cards are usually 'plug and play' which means that either the BIOS or the OS deals with the assignment of irq and IO range. >When I boot, bios says it recognizes both cards (both are the same type >3com card). The one that is working is on irq 10 and the one that isn't is >on IRQ 9. I understand I have to enable the 2nd card in rc.conf too. I >did so, but when I boot, it tells me xl1 (the 2nd device I defined) does >not exist. Before when I had ed0 and ed1 defined as below, it only told me >ed1 does not exist...I think... Any idea what I need to do to get FreeBSD >to see that other card correctly. If I can get that, I think I am ok with >most of the rest of the stuff I need to do to get the thing up and going. >I understand about the IP stuff and about how to use rc.conf to configure >the card. You may just need to change the BIOS setting for 'plug and play' to 'OS' or whatever your particular BIOS says for _NOT_ letting the BIOS assign parameters for plug and play. HTH John. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the messagehelp
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