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Date:      Wed, 4 Apr 2001 09:10:04 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: i386/26344: 3Com 3C509 EtherLink III Problem. 
Message-ID:  <200104041610.f34GA4Q12837@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR i386/26344; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>
To: Andrey.Chepurko@fth2.siemens.de
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: i386/26344: 3Com 3C509 EtherLink III Problem. 
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 12:02:11 -0400 (EDT)

 On Wed, 4 Apr 2001 Andrey.Chepurko@fth2.siemens.de wrote:
 > >Description:
 > Well, I have a 3Com EtherLinkIII isa pnp-card, when I load my machine
 > with kernel.GENERIC, it recognizes the card:
 > 
 > Qoute from dmesg:"ep0 <3com.......> irq9 isa0
 > ep0: eprom failed to come ready
 > ep0: Ethernet address 00:00:00:00:00:00
 > ep1:<3Com...> at port... irq9 on isa0
 > ep1: Ethernetaddress: 00:60:....:bb
 > ep1: promiscious mode enabled
 > ep1: promiscious mode disabled
 > ep1: promiscious mode enabled
 > ep1: promiscious mode disabled
 > "
 
 This isn't the real dmesg output.  Boot verbose and capture the relevent
 information (anything that contains 'ep' and the PnP settings) and let me
 see that.
 
 > Andrey
 > >How-To-Repeat:
 > take a <3com etherlink III 3C509 combo isa-pnp> network card and
 > try to boot on 4.2-Realease with kernel.GENERIC.
 > >Fix:
 > I dunno, if you know, PLEASE let me know asap as well, or i'll install
 > solaris 7 on my box and will never be using freebsd again if there's
 > no support.
 
 Use the 3c5x9cfg.exe program (under DOS, available from the 3com FTP
 site) to refresh the cards config.  I've seen what appears to be corrupted
 EEPROM contents cause the driver problems.
 
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