Date: Wed, 4 Nov 98 15:24:18 +0100 From: Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr To: Wyatt.Nordstrom.wyattn@nt.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Q about pnp and nic Message-ID: <H000057c019b5f4d@MHS> In-Reply-To: <36405488.CCD307B7@americasm01.nt.com>
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Hello, a 3Com NIC and the ed driver ? (isn't it the ep driver for 3c509 ?) what is the type of your NIC ? (is it a PCI board ?) what does dmesg tell about your NIC ? what is the result of ifconfig -a ? TfH > Hi all, > > I have a question that deals with a pnp nic. > I'm running 2.2.7-stable. > The pnp controller is built into the kernal. > I have the default ed0 device also in the kernal. > The nic is a 3com, and is jumperless > > dmesg reports that no pnp devices were found. > > The nic appears to be recognized. > The ether addr is displayed and a few more items in the dmesg output. > The irq and all is as set by the edo line in the kernal configuration. > > no, i have not yet placed it on the network. I do not really feel > comfortable that the nic is configured correctly yet. I'm guessing that > a special line is require ??ed0 xxxx pnp device auto probe?? or > something equally weird. > > I'm wondering what I'm missing. My guess is that the ed0 line has > automagically configured the values for the nic even though I have no > clue what the real values are set in the firm. do I need a special ed0 > line for pnp cards? > > Any information would be greatly appreciated. I still have yet to figure > out how the pnp card gets its information set from the configuration > file. > > > > > > Thanks, > Wyatt > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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