Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 19:30:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Ben Hacker Jr <strbenjr@yahoo.com> To: list DC-FBSD <fug-washdc@Sytex.Net>, questions FBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Re: Router "ie2?" issue Message-ID: <20000812023002.12263.qmail@web4503.mail.yahoo.com>
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Problems almost solved!
I was able to get two of the Intel NIC cards to
work properly. The problem was my understanding
of the "iomem 0xd0000" value and how to set it in
the kernel config.
I still cannot get "ie0" to work. "ie1 & 2" work
better than fine. I also purchased an "SMC 8216c"
card($3.00) and decided to use that instead of the
Intel at "ie0".
Now I have "ed0, ie1, ie2" (plus my xl0).
The three are working GREAT and the speed increase
over the 3c509 cards (ep0,1,2) is at least 4 times
faster and NO Lockups!!
When LINT says the "ep" driver is buggy it's not
kidding!!
I still have ONE real problem. The machine seems
to be working fine and routes properly but If I
tell it to reboot it will hang right after the
"syncing drive ...X X done" comes up.
If I boot the machine with my "10Mb-NIC-less" kernel
then it will reboot properly.
Any ideas??
Also, the ieX driver defaults to "msize=32768~"
Is there a way to tell it to default to 16384 in
the kernel config?? (msize 16384 or 0x4000 gets
a syntax error)
--- Ben Hacker Jr <strbenjr@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hello...
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated...
> I am not a reader on the FreeBSD Questions list so
> please respond directly if you are from that list.
>
> I should have asked what kind of ISA NIC works
> best before buying...
>
> I am having the hardest time getting three
> Intel EtherExpress NIC's to work on this machine.
> (Intel PCLA8100 EtherExpress 16 ISA 10BT RJ45, BNC,
> AUI. ISA Card -- Intel original) $7.00ea
>
> I am running:
> $ uname -a
> FreeBSD me.work.com 3.4-STABLE FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE
> #8:
> Fri Aug 11 14:59:43 EDT 2000
> me@gate.work.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GATE-5 i386
> $
>
> This box (HP Vectra)is a router and I am
> getting rid of my three 3c509 cards due to
> problems with the "ep" driver.
>
> Looking at the KERNEL config file section for the
> ISA NIC's:
> # ISA Ethernet NICs.
> #device ed0 at isa? port 0x280 net irq 10
> iomem 0xd8000
> #device ie0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 10
> iomem 0xd0000
> device ie0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 10 **
> iomem 0x00000
> #device ep0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 10
> #device ex0 at isa? port? net irq ?
> #
>
> I don't know what to do with this "iomem 0xd0000"
> parameter. I have tried setting the card to
> "NO Memory mapped" and removed the IOMEM but if the
> card is present the system won't even boot.
>
> When I try to configure the IOMEM to match the
> card I just get a error saying the "Kernel
> mapped location doesn't match the card mapped
> location"
>
> The card setup program only gives me choices like:
> cc00
> d000
> d400
> etc...
>
> Can anyone help??
> =====
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bhacker1@csc.com 3170 Fairview Park Drive
strben@altavista.com Falls Church, VA 22304
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