Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 14:25:00 +0200 From: Rob Schofield <schofiel@xs4all.nl> To: Free BSD Hardware list <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: [Fwd: Re: 3C579-TP Ethernet card] Message-ID: <35C6FD9C.F5E@xs4all.nl>
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Message-ID: <35C6DC9D.CD6@xs4all.nl> Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 12:04:13 +0200 From: Rob Schofield <schofiel@xs4all.nl> Reply-To: schofiel@xs4all.nl Organization: Knights of the Round Table, Ltd. X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Subject: Re: 3C579-TP Ethernet card References: <199808031614.JAA14170@antipodes.cdrom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mike Smith wrote: > Does the -v probe actually indicate that it's searching the EISA slots? I pulled down another version of 2.2.7 bootflop last night just to be sure, ran with -cv, then entered the device configure menu before running the install. By chopping out the various bits, I cut down the probe list. The only vaguely related 3COM device in the default list was the 3C509 on ep0 (other than the zp0 Etherlink III, but that's PCMCIA...). I modified the device parameters to match the info I hauled out of a Diagnostic prog included with the card (I/O address, assigned IRQ), and *LO AND BEHOLD*, during the probe list, ep0 came up as a recognised EISA 579 device. I have to confess that I had not thought of doing this as it appeared anti-intuitive after reading the various kernel config files I had from older versions on CD; can you explain how the probe sequence is meant to find "all" possible devices on a system? Surely, if you have a limited set of devices used in the mini-kernel on the boot/install floppy, then anything fancy (like the 579) can't be used to install? Should I be building in an ordinary ISA NE2000 clone to do an FTP download install? Rob -- The Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Scheduling: The first ninety percent of the job takes ninety percent of the allotted time, the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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