From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Nov 5 17:47:46 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA27654 for mobile-outgoing; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 17:47:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile) Received: from word.smith.net.au (vh1.gsoft.com.au [203.38.152.122]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA27640 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 17:47:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word.smith.net.au (localhost.gsoft.com.au [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA00598; Thu, 6 Nov 1997 12:13:39 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199711060143.MAA00598@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: "Brian N. Handy" cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New pccard entry In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 05 Nov 1997 10:58:07 -0800." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 06 Nov 1997 12:13:39 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Hey folks, > > I just picked up an NE2000 compatible from Fry's, and it seems to work > just about fine. Here's the pccard.conf entry for it, I confess I haven't > checked -current to see if this is there. > > # Apollo RE450CT NE-2000 Clone (PIO Mode) > card "Ethernet" "Adapter" > config 0x1 "ed0" 11 0x10 The '0x10' is a PAO-ism. Nuke it. > insert echo Apollo NE2000 inserted > insert /etc/pccard_ether ed0 link0 -link1 And the 'ed' driver doesn't use the link flags for NE2000 clones. > remove echo Apollo NE2000 removed > remove /sbin/ifconfig ed0 delete > > > Note the descriptive names it has in it's bios. :-) Heh. Is the package for the card crimped closed, or does it just snap together? If the latter, if you have a chance to open it up, I'd be interested in knowing what the chip inside is... > One question I have -- and I see this on my desktop every so often as > well. It doesn't seem to effect anything, but I occasionally get these in > my syslog: > > Nov 5 10:50:36 kriek /kernel: ed0: device timeout > > I've only seen these with NE2000 clones. Any ideas? It usually means that there's a problem with your network cabling; the 8390 generates a 'transmission complete' interrupt when it's finished sending a packet, but if it doesn't hear itself on the network it won't generate it, leading to the timeout message above. mike