From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Feb 20 17:32:19 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA22922 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 20 Feb 1996 17:32:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from eunet.fi (pim.eunet.fi [193.66.4.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA22913 for ; Tue, 20 Feb 1996 17:32:17 -0800 (PST) Received: by eunet.fi id AA10404 (5.67a/IDA-1.5 for ); Wed, 21 Feb 1996 03:30:58 +0200 Received: by pim.eunet.fi id AA010402 from gate.fidata.fi(193.64.102.1); Wed Feb 21 03:30:17 1996 Received: from zeta.fidata.fi (zeta.fidata.fi [193.64.102.5]) by gate.fidata.fi (8.7.3/8.7.Beta.12) with ESMTP id DAA16390; Wed, 21 Feb 1996 03:30:14 +0200 (EET) Received: (from tomppa@localhost) by zeta.fidata.fi (8.7.3/8.7.3) id DAA05886; Wed, 21 Feb 1996 03:30:12 +0200 (EET) Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 03:30:12 +0200 (EET) From: Tomi Vainio Message-Id: <199602210130.DAA05886@zeta.fidata.fi> To: Andreas Schulz Cc: ajones@ctron.com, hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3Com Etherlink II/16 device timeouts In-Reply-To: <199602210116.CAA01100@freebsd.first.gmd.de> References: <1105.824852549@time.cdrom.com> <199602210116.CAA01100@freebsd.first.gmd.de> Reply-To: tomppa@fidata.fi Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Andreas Schulz writes: > > > > I'm getting the following error with my 3Com card: > > > > > > ed0: device timeout > > > > Wrong device.. :-) > > > > You want to configure the ep0 device for this card. > > No, he says Etherlink II/16 not Etherlink III. The ep0 driver > is for the Etherlink III ( 3COM 509 and 579) cards. The Etherlink II > is the 3COM 3C503 and the ed0 driver is correct for that. > I suspect that the card jumpers and settings disagree with the values > given in FreeBSD. > Also some other ethernet driver may incorrectly hit that card. Boot > with a -c flag at the boot prompt and disable all other cards that > also use the 0x300 address and you don't have in the system. I assume > that the card is default configured to address 0x300 for the I/O port. > I think that Etherlink II/16 is known as 3c507 so you should use ie-driver with it. I have this card and I can check what driver I'm using with it. Tomppa