From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 22 15:57:37 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA17968 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 22 Jul 1996 15:57:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from synwork.com (root@synwork.com [199.3.234.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA17956 for ; Mon, 22 Jul 1996 15:57:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (flaq@localhost) by synwork.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id RAA20624; Mon, 22 Jul 1996 17:57:22 -0500 Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 17:57:22 -0500 (CDT) From: "Mike K." To: Area 51 cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Old Gateway Ethernet card In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 22 Jul 1996, Area 51 wrote: > Well here is my problem. I have recently converted from Linux to freebsd > 2.1.5-release on my pentium system. The problem is that i cannot get the > ethernet card I have to work. I believe it is a Gateway ethernet card > and it works under Linux 1.2.13 as a ne2000 compatible, but in new linux > kernels it locks on detection on every other boot. The problem in FreeBSD > is that it the system locks up on detection on every boot. The card is > currently on 0x300 irq11 and there is no conflicts with either the > address or irq that I am aware of. I have tried defining GW_ETHER which i > noticed while reading the if_ed.c file and that did not work either. I > believe this problem is stemming from how many cards the ne1000/ne2000 > driver is trying to detect, and this old card may not handle it well. I'm > open for suggestions... > > > Try booting with the -c option and make sure that the configuration for ed0 (or ed1) is correct. Mike ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ Syn-Work Media, Inc. | WWW Development & Hosting | Life Safety http://www.synwork.com | Systems Integration | CCTV mike@synwork.com | Voice/Data/Fiber | Access Control Flaq on IRC | Dukane Distributor | BICSI/RCDD ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~