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Date:      Sat, 17 Apr 1999 12:45:58 +0700 (NSS)
From:      Max Khon <fjoe@iclub.nsu.ru>
To:        Robert Watson <robert+freebsd@cyrus.watson.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: lnc0: broke for us between 3.1 and 4.0?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904171243375.5956-100000@iclub.nsu.ru>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990416201049.19713B-100000@fledge.watson.org>

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hi, there!

On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, Robert Watson wrote:

> We upgraded a crash machine from 3.1-RELEASE to 4.0-CURRENT from just
> before the EGCS switch was pulled.  The machine is a Pentium 166 MMX
> overdrive.  Prior to the upgrade, it correctly probed the Kensington KNE
> 2100  (something like that) with the lnc driver as being at 0x300 irq 5
> drq 6.
> 
> The working 3.1-RELEASE GENERIC w/a change in the config editor probe went
> like: 
> 
> lnc0 at 0x300-0x317 irq 5 drq 6 on isa
> lnc0: PCnet-ISA address 00:c0:f0:00:81:f4
> 
> After upgrading to -current, the probe failed as follows (when config was 
> used on the GENERIC quote):
> 
> lnc0 at 0x300-0x317 irq 5 drq 6 on isa
> lnc0: Memory allocated above 16Mb limit
> 
> Any suggestions as to what might done to fix it?  If we switch back to the
> old kernel, it boots fine, so presumably it was some change between
> 3.1-RELEASE and 4.0-CURRENT, either in the config file or the lnc driver?

i had lnc (AMD PCNet) driver which uses 32-bit mode but it does not work
with older (16bit) AMD PCNet cards.
Maybe someone should take a look at it and merge with current lnc driver
(as I do not have these cards anymore)?

/fjoe



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