From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Mar 15 12:34:20 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from axl.ops.uunet.co.za (axl.ops.uunet.co.za [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 049E537BCB1 for ; Wed, 15 Mar 2000 12:33:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.ops.uunet.co.za) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.ops.uunet.co.za) by axl.ops.uunet.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.13 #1) id 12VKTa-000FW4-00; Wed, 15 Mar 2000 22:33:06 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: "Matthew N. Dodd" Cc: Ted Mittelstaedt , freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: i386/2598: ep0 in eisa mode hangs if ep0-device (isa) is enabled In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 15 Mar 2000 10:59:46 EST." Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 22:33:06 +0200 Message-ID: <59647.953152386@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 10:59:46 EST, "Matthew N. Dodd" wrote: > I'll work on a code fix; you can put a strong recommendation not to put > the 3c509 in EISA config mode in a non-EISA system. Let me know whether you're happy with this and I'll take care of the commits and MFC's. By the way, the omission of a .Pp before the diagnostics section is deliberate. Ciao, Sheldon. Index: ep.4 =================================================================== RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/share/man/man4/man4.i386/ep.4,v retrieving revision 1.16 diff -u -d -r1.16 ep.4 --- ep.4 2000/03/02 14:53:55 1.16 +++ ep.4 2000/03/15 20:31:38 @@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ Beware! Avoid placing other cards at that address! .Pp +Furthermore, +the 3c509 can be configured for EISA mode, +even on non-EISA systems. +This is strongly discouraged, +since the card is likely to be detected as a 3c579, +which may cause serious problems later. .Sh DIAGNOSTICS .Bl -diag .It ep0: reset (status: %x) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message