From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Apr 4 9:10: 8 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FB8837B726 for ; Wed, 4 Apr 2001 09:10:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f34GA4Q12837; Wed, 4 Apr 2001 09:10:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 09:10:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200104041610.f34GA4Q12837@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: "Matthew N. Dodd" Subject: Re: i386/26344: 3Com 3C509 EtherLink III Problem. Reply-To: "Matthew N. Dodd" Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR i386/26344; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Matthew N. Dodd" 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. -- | Matthew N. Dodd | '78 Datsun 280Z | '75 Volvo 164E | FreeBSD/NetBSD | | winter@jurai.net | 2 x '84 Volvo 245DL | ix86,sparc,pmax | | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | For Great Justice! | ISO8802.5 4ever | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message