Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 18:15:34 +0300 (EET DST) From: Andrew Stesin <stesin@gu.net> To: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@korin.warman.org.pl> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compex ethernet card Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.960924180306.28577A-100000@creator.gu.kiev.ua> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960924142208.1872A-100000@korin.warman.org.pl>
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Hi Andrzej, Might they be a cheap PCI variations of NE2000 with Realtek chip? If so they will work with ed driver, actual details of HOWTO depend on the driver version. On 2.1.* I did this way: -- boot DOS and ask the card's config utility about where did PCI BIOS settled it (IObase, IRQ) Usually it's something like 0x6000 in PCI0 slot, 0x6100 in PCI1 etc., IRQ depends on your BIOS setup (might be 9 or above). -- boot FreeBSD in '-c' mode and tell userconfig about this settings (note -- not in a visual mode!) ed driver will eat the settings up and it will work, though in 16bit mode. Newer FreeBSD has a driver (ed_p? I'm not sure about the name, specially, for RZ chip on PCI) and will catch the card up automatically in 32bit mode, I think. Though be aware: those PCI-NE2000 cards with RZ chip aren't always reliable. :( I've seen various stability problems with them after 2+ weeks of uptime. I'd be _very_ cautios with them, esp. in server machines. DEC chips are much better anyway. Best, Andrew nic-hdl: ST73-RIPE On Tue, 24 Sep 1996, Andrzej Bialecki wrote: > Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 14:27:57 +0200 (MET DST) > From: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@korin.warman.org.pl> > To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org > Subject: Compex ethernet card > > Hi! > > I'm a not-so-happy owner of two Compex RL2000 PCI cards. They are > probably the cheapest PCI 32bit cards here in Poland. Can I > make them work under FreeBSD (without writing totally new driver)? > Thanks. > > Andy, > > +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > Andrzej Bialecki <abial@warman.org.pl> _) _) _)_) _)_)_) _) _) > --------------------------------------- _)_) _) _) _) _)_) _)_) > Research and Academic Network in Poland _) _)_) _)_)_)_) _) _) _) > Bartycka 18, 00-716 Warsaw, Poland _) _) _) _) _)_)_) _) _) > +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > >
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