Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 17:39:43 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: Robert Swindells <rjs@fdy2.demon.co.uk> Cc: richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: lnc adaptor doesn't work in 3.1-19990407-STABLE Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904141733470.8245-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <199904142145.WAA00687@fdy2.demon.co.uk>
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On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Robert Swindells wrote: > > Richard Tobin wrote: > >I wrote: > > >> My "PCNet/PCI Ethernet adapter" has stopped working between 3.1-RELEASE > >> and 3.1-19990407-STABLE. > > >Well I looked more closely and this appears to just be because the > >buffer memory is being allocated above 16MB, and the driver only > >provides 24 bits of address to the adaptor. > > I'm pretty sure I have used it with the buffer well above 16MB. > > >Is it easy to make the driver use bounce buffers? > > You have a PCI card, it doesn't need bounce buffers. I just wanted to point out that it is also broken on a Compaq server I have here, which has an EISA bus. It worked OK (I think, I don't actually USE it, but it probed OK) using 3.1-RELEASE. eisa0: <CPQ701 (System Board)> eisa0:8 <CPQ4410=0xe114410> unknown device lnc0 at 0x8800-0x8817 irq 14 drq 0 on eisa slot 8 lnc0: Memory allocated above 16Mb limit -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and Alpha architectures (SPARC under development). ( http://www.freebsd.org ) -- "One should admire Windows users. It takes a great deal of courage to trust Windows with your data." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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