Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 10:58:42 +0200 From: Mike Crawfurd <mike.crawfurd@cmg.nl> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AMD PCNet family PCI Message-ID: <357F9C42.E6CFB191@cmg.nl> References: <199806110416.VAA00557@antipodes.cdrom.com>
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I have tried the following config(8)'s: Situation 1) (just pci was found) controller isa0 controller pci0 device lnc0 Situation 2) (just isa was found) controller isa0 device lnc0 at isa? port 0x1000 net irq 11 drq 0 vector lncintr Situation 3) (both were found) controller isa0 controller pci0 device lnc0 at isa? port 0x1000 net irq 11 drq 0 vector lncintr Situation 4) (just pci) controller isa0 controller pci0 device lnc0 at isa? disabled None were succesful Mike Smith wrote: > > > I've got a problem (which I posted before) with the AMD PCNet family > > network adapter. I've got a compaq deskpro 575 with and AMD PCNET Family > > Ethernet Adapter (PCI&ISA). I've installed FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE now, > > but still the same errors waste my oh-so-beautiful console. > > It's not "PCI & ISA". It's PCI only. > > > I'm trying to configure the network card (AMD PCNET), but got the > > following problem... The network adapter is according to specifications > > a lnc adapter > > (FreeBSD agrees with me :-) I think) > > Yes, it should be supported, but there are problems with this driver > and newer PCNet devices. > > > When configuring the kernel two things occur: > > The network adapter is found twice (always nice) > > -- With the PCI detection (a paste follows) > > Jun 3 09:51:59 asig /kernel: lnc1 <PCNet/PCI Ethernet adapter> rev 22 > > int a irq 11 on pci0:11 > > Jun 3 09:51:59 asig /kernel: lnc1: NE2100 (C-LANCE) address > > 00:80:5f:8a:28:ba > > > > Really nice huh :-) > > > > But again the card is detected by ISA (happy happy joy joy) > > You should disable the ISA version of the device. The two will > conflict. > > > I've configured the lnc0 (the ISA version) with ifconfig, but got a > > beautiful "Initialisation failed" error-code back. After rebooting and > > changing the /etc/rc.conf, I've tried to configure the PCI version but > > again the same error-code is scrolling over my > > almost-never-containing-any-error-console... > > This is a known problem with the driver. It needs someone to sit down > with one of these devices and the hardware documentation and fix it. > The LANCE family is large, and relatively complex, but well-documented. > > This would be an excellent first-time hardware hacker project. If > anyone would like to attempt this, I can provide documentation and one > or more sample cards. I have asked the original maintainer of the > driver (Paul Richards) about this, but received no response. 8( > > > Can someone tell me what I've done wrong ? > > I think the card is BOTH ISA and PCI, this seems to bother FreeBSD alot > > (and by bothering FreeBSD it's bothering me even more). > > No; PCI and ISA share the same address space on the PC. It's the same > device, you're just looking for it in two different ways. > > -- > \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith > \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au > \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com -- TIA & TTUL, Mike Crawfurd. Mike Crawfurd Telephone. (+31) 10 253 7000 CMG Advanced Technologies Industries Telefax. (+31) 10 253 7033 Kralingseweg 241, 3062 CE Rotterdam Mobile. (+31) 65 534 7574 The Netherlands Email. mike.crawfurd@cmg.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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