Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 18:03:36 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Stephen J. Roznowski" <sjr@zombie.ncsc.mil> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with 3C509B, FreeBSD 2.1.7 on Dell Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970313180121.2174S-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199703131439.JAA06463@zombie.ncsc.mil>
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On Thu, 13 Mar 1997, Stephen J. Roznowski wrote: > I'm having trouble getting FreeBSD 2.1.7 to recognize my > 3C509 Ethernet card in a Dell OptiPlex GXMT 5166. This system > has a 3C509b-TPO onboard (which is disabled in the BIOS) and > a 3C509b-Combo card. What type of network are you on that you have to use the combo? > The card is sitting at 0x210 IRQ 9. I've tried moving the card > to 0x300 IRQ 10, but it didn't seem to matter. Also, using the > 3c5x9cfg program, I've turned off plug-and-play, but the kernel > seems to think that this card is still p&p enabled. Heh, yeah right. I've disabled enough serial ports that miraculously reappear in Windows 95 to make anyone sick. I'll bet you money the card is not releasing it's resources. ALso, are you sure you're zapping the right card? 3c5x9cfg may be seeing the motherboard one and editing it and not your add-in one. > The kernel configuration file claims that the ep0 driver is > "buggy". Is this still true, and if so, what does "buggy" mean? There are problems, but this shouldn't be one of them. > This system has the following hardware installed: > > Soundblaster 32PNP Wavetable > 9FX Vision 330 > Adaptec AHA-2940U/2940UW PCI SCSI Controller > 3C509B-Combo > > Currently, the SB is sitting at 0x300. How odd! The default is 0x220. 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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