Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 08:14:04 -0800 From: "Peter Ong" <peter@haloflightleader.net> To: "Peter Ong" <peter@haloflightleader.net>, <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Cabletron E2200 Series NIC (ISA) Message-ID: <013501c18bcc$d7b2e7e0$0101a8c0@haloflightleader.net> References: <006201c18b7f$b4f754e0$0101a8c0@haloflightleader.net>
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Okay, you guys won't believe this. I sent this email last night, when I wake up today, I get an email from my mail server saying it's delayed. FreeBSD was trying to resolve interim, but I didn't have a CNAME for that just yet. Oh well. Anyway... this message has been in my mailq since last night, and it was going to wait there for 5 days. I digress. Can someone please help me with this problem? My NIC also comes with a Boot ROM. What that is I'm not sure. The manual doesn't tell me what the boot ROM does. I don't know whether there is a boot ROM physically there because it's something that someone has to install manually. So from the config utility, I turn it on. This changes the IO port addresses of the NIC now, it's IOPort1 = 200 IOPort2 = 280 Can someone please help me on this? By the way, good morning, and I hope everyone is having a splendid weekend. Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Ong" <peter@haloflightleader.net> To: <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2001 11:01 PM Subject: Cabletron E2200 Series NIC (ISA) > Hello, > > I need some help. I've spent nearly an entire 2 days and a half trying to > figure out how to enable this hardware. Let me detail my experiences: > > > Objective: > Enable Cabletron E2200 Series ISA NIC on my FreeBSD 4.4-Release > > > Given: > FreeBSD 4.4-Release > Compaq XE 560 (Pentium 60MHz/40MB) > Cabletron E2200 Series DNI ISA NIC > > This is a partial output of my dmesg: > > isa0: <ISA bus> on motherboard > isa0: too many dependant configs (8) > isa0: too many dependant configs (8) > isa0: too many dependant configs (8) > ... <snip>... > unknown: <Cabletron E22 Companion> can't assign resources. > > This is the data according to the software configuration utility diagnostics > from Enterasys/Cabletron: > IO Port 1 = 300 > IO Port 2 = 280 > IRQ = 10 > DMA = 3 > Media = Auto > No boot ROM > > This is the output of pnpscan -v > pnpscan -v > CSI2201 : Cabletron E22xx Adapter > CSI2202 : Cabletron E22 Companion > CTL009c : Creative SB32 PnP > > Data from Windows98SE > Creative CD1220E > Generic IDE Disk Type 65 > Generic NEC Floppy Disk > Cabletron E2200 Series DNI /Primary IRQ 15, DMA 7 IORange 0300-0319 > Cabletron E2200 Series DNI /Secondary IORange 280-0299 > > > Actions Taken: > 1. Installed FreeBSD4.4-Release on my Compaq XE 560. > 2. Downloaded configuration utility software from Cabletron/Enterasys. The > NIC is controlled completely via software. There are no jumpers and > switches. > 3. Read documentation from Enterasys/Cabletron, FreeBSD, and Linux for > clues as to how to make this device work. > 4. Edited the /boot/kernel.conf to have the appropriate IO/IRQ/DRQ > settings... this is on the lnc0. I'm assuming that this is the driver for > this NIC. > 5. The kernel is GENERIC, and I also have a recompiled vesion called VIATOR > 6. I am trying to use the lnc driver for this. According to the physical > NIC itself (I opened the box) it was an AMD/PCnet card. There were 2 > choices pcn and lnc. I haven't tried pcn. > 7. Posted the same question in comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc. > 8. Joined mailing list for some more help. > 9. I also installed Windows 98 SE to confirm the NIC is not broken. > > > Status: > The NIC is still not functioning under FreeBSD. Windows98SE as a testbed > was was unbelievable on a Pentium 60. I didn't think it would work, but it > was just intollerably slow. I smell really bad right now because I'm sick, > I haven't showered in the last two days trying to get this NIC to work. The > Cabletron E2200 series isn't in the FreeBSD HCL, but there were hints that > it was supported by Unix clones from other sites. > > The NIC sits in the middle of three ISA slots inside my Compaq XE 560. It's > #2 according to the plastic case. There is only one physical NIC, but in > both Windows 98 and FreeBSD it shows as two different parts (please consult > "given" section). The utility from Cabletron also gives it two IO ports. > > Can someone please tell me if my attempt is futile, that it really isn't > FBSD supported, or if it's just a misconfiguration on my part? I really > hope that it's just a misconfiguration because I'm broke. I don't want to > buy another NIC, and even if I had the money to buy a new NIC, I wouldn't > spend it on this POS! In the meantime, I'm going to unplug for a bit. I > really hope that someone out there is listening. If Santa was a techie, > this would be my Christmas wish. > > Thank you, and a happy holiday season to everyone. > > > Peter > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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