Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 20:01:49 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Gert-Jan Vons <vons@usa.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NE2000 card sometims has memory but usually not ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980113200124.24708W-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980112232340.007d2e20@dodo.pluisnet>
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On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, Gert-Jan Vons wrote: > > Running 2.2.5-RELEASE on a 486dx2-66, NE2000 clone (SimpleNet SN2000CT) > as network board. > > I usually have > > Jan 11 09:57:28 dodo /kernel: ed0 at 0x300-0x31f irq 10 on isa > Jan 11 09:57:28 dodo /kernel: ed0: address 00:40:05:1c:24:e0, type NE2000 > (16 bit) > > in my log file, but today (and once , ~2 weeks ago) my card developed > a case of "memory gain", although flaky: > > Jan 12 19:05:54 dodo /kernel: ed0: failed to clear shared memory at d8000 - > check configuration > Jan 12 19:05:54 dodo /kernel: ed0 at 0x300-0x31f irq 10 msize 8192 on isa > Jan 12 19:05:54 dodo /kernel: ed0: address 00:40:05:1c:24:e0, type NE2000 > (16 bit) > > How come the driver sometimes thinks there's memory, but usually doesn't ? > > The doc mentions 16 Kbytes of Buffer RAM size, but it is unclear whether > that is internal to the card hardware or not. > > Could there be a problem with the card, the driver, the config of > either, ...? The NE2000 must be returning some info to that effect. Which is strange, since the NE2000 adapters don't have shared memory. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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