From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jun 14 08:21:07 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id IAA00552 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 14 Jun 1995 08:21:07 -0700 Received: from labinfo.iet.unipi.it (labinfo.iet.unipi.it [131.114.9.5]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id IAA00526 for ; Wed, 14 Jun 1995 08:20:57 -0700 Received: from localhost (luigi@localhost) by labinfo.iet.unipi.it (8.6.5/8.6.5) id RAA23506; Wed, 14 Jun 1995 17:26:18 +0200 From: Luigi Rizzo Message-Id: <199506141526.RAA23506@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Subject: Re: ed0 problems again To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 1995 17:26:17 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199506141430.AAA26962@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Jun 15, 95 00:00:17 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1160 Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > Luigi Rizzo stands accused of saying: > > It looks like the 3c503 probe is breaking something in (my) NE2000 > > card. While the kernel compiles, I have recompiled the netboot code > > (which had a similar problem -- didn't recognize the ne2000 card) > > without 3c503 and WD support, and this time it worked. > > How about answering "which (my) NE2000?" I have several (legit, Accton, > Compax) that work just fine.n The brand name is "TRUST", with BNC & 10baseT connectors, supports NE2000 and NE2000+ modes and is soft-configurable. The main chip has a big sticker with written "Ethernet Accelerator" on it, and is marked UL0020 410AC23270860tt (at least the one I just peeled off...). Don't know if this helps. It is possible that the 3c503 probe code confuses the config ports on the card. Luigi ==================================================================== Luigi Rizzo Dip. di Ingegneria dell'Informazione email: luigi@iet.unipi.it Universita' di Pisa tel: +39-50-568533 via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 PISA (Italy) fax: +39-50-568522 ====================================================================