Date: Fri, 6 Oct 95 12:34:10 +0100 From: Armando Ferreira <armando_ferreira@il.us.swissbank.com> To: charlie_conklin@il.us.swissbank.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help ! Problem with Ethernet card Message-ID: <9510061134.AA14296@ln1d278nwk>
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> > >Begin forwarded message: > >To: armando_ferreira@il.us.swissbank.com >Cc: questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: Help ! Problem with Ethernet card >In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 06 Oct 95 02:32:39 PDT." ><199510060932.CAA00266@corbin.Root.COM> >From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> >Reply-To: davidg@Root.COM >Date: Fri, 06 Oct 1995 02:47:39 -0700 >Sender: root@corbin.Root.COM > >>>>I am having trouble installing a Western Digital card on my PC. >>>> >>>>The configuration I used in to configure the kernel was >>>>device ed0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 5 iomem 0xCA000 vector edintr >>>> >>>>I changed the jumpers on the card to match the above irq and memory address >>>>configuration. and I get the following problem at boot time: >>>>>>ed0: failed to clear shared memory at ca000 - check configuration<< >>>> >>>>Can you please tell me if there is something else to setup or if I have done >>>>something wrong ? >>> >>> This usually indicates that there is another card in that shared memory >>>area. Try the values 0xc8000, 0xd0000, and 0xd8000...and see if any of those >>>will work for you. It's only necessary to change the kernel (no need to >>change >>>the settings on the card for this). > >The jumper in the card has a position called 'soft', must I use this one to >ensure that I only have to change the kernel settings thereafter ? It's best to have the soft configuration match the kernel configuration. In fact, you have to do this for the irq & port address. The shared memory is programmed by the driver, however, so the card setting of that doesn't matter. -DG
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