From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Sun Jan  2 22:28:25 2005
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B54216A4CE
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Sun,  2 Jan 2005 22:28:25 +0000 (GMT)
Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com
	(mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 796D443D31
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Sun,  2 Jan 2005 22:28:24 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com)
Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130])
	j02MSJj14251;	Sun, 2 Jan 2005 14:28:19 -0800 (PST)
	(envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com)
From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
To: "Nikolas Britton" <freebsd@nbritton.org>,
	"freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 14:28:19 -0800
Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNEEOHEPAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0)
In-Reply-To: <41D7F1BB.6020402@nbritton.org>
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441
Importance: Normal
Subject: RE: Weird problem with 3C509 ISA NIC
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 22:28:25 -0000

Run the DOS configuration program 3c5x9cfg.exe and look at how the
card is setup.  Like many ISA cards the 3c509 has an eeprom instead
of jumpers that you move around on the card.

Ted

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Nikolas Britton
> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 5:06 AM
> To: freebsd-questions
> Subject: Weird problem with 3C509 ISA NIC
> 
> 
> I was looking at the dmesg output on my firewall and "re"-remembered 
> that I have this 3Com 509 card that doesn't work quite right. take a 
> look at the demsg output below...
> 
> dmesg:
> ep0: <3Com 3C509-TPO EtherLink III> at port 0x300-0x30f irq 10 on isa0
> ep0: No irq?!
> ep0: ep_alloc() failed! (6)
> device_probe_and_attach: ep0 attach returned 6
> ep1: <3Com 3C509B-TPO EtherLink III (PnP)> at port 0x210-0x21f 
> irq 3 on isa0
> ep1: Ethernet address 00:10:4b:54:39:52
> 
> There is only one of those cards in the system yet there are two ep 
> devices. IIRC I have always had problems with this card in any system/OS 
> I put it in, infact FreeBSD is the only OS I can get it to work in... I 
> also have an identical clone of this card (might be a diffrent revision) 
> that works perfectly in FreeBSD or any system I stick it in.
> _______________________________________________
> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list
> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
> To unsubscribe, send any mail to 
> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
>