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Date:      Mon, 12 Jan 1998 19:54:06 -0800
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        vons@usa.net (Gert-Jan Vons)
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: NE2000 card sometims has memory but usually not ? 
Message-ID:  <199801130354.TAA19068@implode.root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 12 Jan 1998 23:23:40 %2B0100." <3.0.5.32.19980112232340.007d2e20@dodo.pluisnet> 

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>Running 2.2.5-RELEASE on a 486dx2-66, NE2000 clone (SimpleNet SN2000CT)
>as network board.
>
>I usually have
>
> Jan 11 09:57:28 dodo /kernel: ed0 at 0x300-0x31f irq 10 on isa
> Jan 11 09:57:28 dodo /kernel: ed0: address 00:40:05:1c:24:e0, type NE2000
> (16 bit)
>
>in my log file, but today (and once , ~2 weeks ago) my card developed
>a case of "memory gain", although flaky:
>
> Jan 12 19:05:54 dodo /kernel: ed0: failed to clear shared memory at d8000 -
> check configuration
> Jan 12 19:05:54 dodo /kernel: ed0 at 0x300-0x31f irq 10 msize 8192 on isa
> Jan 12 19:05:54 dodo /kernel: ed0: address 00:40:05:1c:24:e0, type NE2000
> (16 bit) 
>
>How come the driver sometimes thinks there's memory, but usually doesn't ?

   It looks like the driver is falsely detecting the card initially as an
WDC/SMC style board and then after failing that, detecting it as a NE2000.
If it works okay after this, then this shouldn't be a problem and I'd just
ignore it.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project



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