From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 6 21:47:15 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA00356 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 6 Nov 1996 21:47:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA00347 for ; Wed, 6 Nov 1996 21:47:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id VAA12123; Wed, 6 Nov 1996 21:46:24 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 21:46:24 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: SKYNET1 cc: Questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Ethernet In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 6 Nov 1996, SKYNET1 wrote: > I have an ethernet card (somebody told me it was a realtek 8029, NE2000 or > something), and I can't get it working. I get this line in my kernel: > > pci0:10: vendor=0x10ec, device=0x8029, class=network (ethernet) int a irq 11 > [no driver assigned] > > So how do I set it up? The box of the card says Generic 32-bit ethernet. > I'm using the 2.1.5-RELEASE. > Do I need to write my own driver and place it into the kernel, or > does the kernel come with some way to setup this card? > If so, how should I rebuild it--with what settings? If it is NE2000 compatible, you may be able to trick the ed driver into accessing it, like we did with the lnc driver some time ago. 1. Boot -v; get the info for this device. 2. Configure ed with the io base and irq given. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major