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Subject: Q about pnp and nic
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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
> 
> 
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