Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 16:37:10 +0100 From: se@freebsd.org (Stefan Esser) To: plm@xs4all.nl (Peter Mutsaers) Cc: se@freebsd.org (Stefan Esser), freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PCI NE2000 probe Message-ID: <Mutt.19961130163710.se@x14.mi.uni-koeln.de> In-Reply-To: <199611292343.AAA00279@plm.xs4all.nl>; from Peter Mutsaers on Nov 30, 1996 00:43:42 %2B0100 References: <87682qpuff.fsf@plm.xs4all.nl> <Mutt.19961128211118.se@x14.mi.uni-koeln.de> <199611292343.AAA00279@plm.xs4all.nl>
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On Nov 30, plm@xs4all.nl (Peter Mutsaers) wrote: > I did configure my kernel properly now. > Part of the verbose boot: > > pci0:10: vendor=0x1050, device=0x0940, class=network (ethernet) int a irq 11 [no driver assigned] > map(10): io(ff40) Ok. This is in fact the most important information about the card and the PCI BIOS initialization of the port mapping used. > In pci/ed*.c (forgot the exact name) I saw that a match is done for > PCI NE2000 clones on some 'type' value to be 0x802910ec. (Vendor > 10ec.). I changed this match to 0x09401050. Result: the card is Hmmm, there appear to be THREE PCI NE2000 clones, then ... Did you check the labels on your Ethernet chip ? > 'recognized' as ed2 (ed0,1 were in the config file) but immediately I > get a crash :-( What kind of crash ??? > The linux kernel does probe it, but only after a special patch to the > latest stable kernel. From dmesg on Linux: Could you send me the original driver and the patch ? > ne.c: PCI BIOS reports Winbond NE2000-PCI at i/o 0xff40, irq 11. > ne.c:v1.10 9/23/94 Donald Becker (becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov) > NE*000 ethercard probe at 0xff40: 00 40 95 00 57 83 > eth0: NE2000 found at 0xff40, using IRQ 11. > > The strange thing is that Winbond vendor is 0x10ad, and the device ID > is 0x0105 (instead of vendor 1050 and device 0940 as seen for pci0:10 > on FreeBSD). No, that's only an indication that your card does not use THAT NE2000 compatible Ethernet chip ... :) > I hope someone can help me to get my NE2000 PCI clone to work under > FreeBSD. I think I can, but it may be a lot easier if I have access to such a card. What did you pay for it, and where did you find it ??? Regards, STefan
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