Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 14:33:59 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> To: Alexander Kjeldaas <astor@guardian.no> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation detection of 3c589d Message-ID: <19970621143359.53438@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970621115438.12997B-100000@lucifer.guardian.no>; from Alexander Kjeldaas on Sat, Jun 21, 1997 at 11:55:40AM %2B0200 References: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970621115438.12997B-100000@lucifer.guardian.no>
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Alexander Kjeldaas scribbled this message on Jun 21: > I've tried to install FreeBSD on a laptop which has a 3com 3c589d > etherlink III adaptor. I've successfully booted linux on the machine and I > _know_ that linux detects the card at address 0x300 and uses irc 3. The > default freebsd installation disk uses irq 10 so I changed that to 3 just > in case. I've never installed FreeBSD so I might have misunderstood > something, but this is what I did. ok... FreeBSD does support it, but 2.2.2-R was released before the modified code to make the 3c589d was merged in... if you grab a copy off of releng22.freebsd.org you will be able to get it working... hope this helps... ttyl.. -- John-Mark Gurney Modem/FAX: +1 541 683 6954 Cu Networking Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD
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