Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 04:58:22 GMT From: jbg@masterplan.org (Jason George) To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Loading Intel EtherExpress card Message-ID: <199902080457.VAA05696@gongshow.masterplan.org>
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>"Paul Foss" <paulr@wans.net> writes: >> device ix0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 10 iomem 0xd0000 > >The EtherExpress ISA driver is called "ex", not "ix". I'd appreciate >if you let me know where you saw it referenced as "ix" so I can fix >the reference. > >DES Paul is referring to the _original_ Intel EtherExpress card. The 8/16, _NOT_ the Pro series. The "ix" driver I used this card successfully under 2.1.0 with the "ie" driver (before it was renamed "ix"). >From sys/i386/isa/if_ie.c: * $Id: if_ie.c,v 1.36.2.4 1998/07/07 05:23:06 gibbs Exp $ */ /* * Intel 82586 Ethernet chip * Register, bit, and structure definitions. * * Written by GAW with reference to the Clarkson Packet Driver code for this * chip written by Russ Nelson and others. * * Intel EtherExpress 16 support from if_ix.c, written by Rodney W. Grimes. */ /* * The i82586 is a very versatile chip, found in many implementations. * Programming this chip is mostly the same, but certain details differ * from card to card. This driver is written so that different cards * can be automatically detected at run-time. */ I hope this clears things up. --Jason j.b.george<at>ieee.org jbg<at>masterplan.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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