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Date:      Thu, 13 Mar 1997 17:37:45 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        raj@cisco.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Installing using 3COM Etherlink III PCMCIA card 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970313173623.2174K-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <199703131013.CAA27336@rjohnson-home-ss20.cisco.com>

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On Thu, 13 Mar 1997 raj@cisco.com wrote:

> > Argh.  :(  If I was a nice guy and had cash, our supplier at the UO
> > apparenly has some old pre-D rev cards laying about.  I could buy them up
> > and sell them to the FreeBSD community...
> 
> I wouldn't mind purchasing one if you know for sure how to
> configure it, and if it'll continue to work and be supported on
> FreeBSD in the future!  Where do I send my money?

If they work now, they should later.  We're checking on pricing, the D rev
cards were backordered and we may be able to get something older a bit
faster.

> > > ze: found card in slot 0
> > > ze: at 0x300-0x31f irq 5 maddr 0xd8000 msize 16384 on isa
> > > ze: address 30:31:41:00:ff:1a, type IBM PCMCIA (16 bit), MAU 10baseT
> > 
> > What does ifconfig ze0 report?
> 
> I found that the card seemed to be finding conflicts with IObase
> and/or IRQ so I have now moved it to IObase 0x400, IRQ 5 and maddr
> 0xd8000.  It's found and configures just fine.  Says nothing when I do
> "ifconfig".  However when I try a ping I get:
> 	ze0: device timeout, isr=00, imr=80, imask=0000
> and I don't see the packets on the net.

Are you sure irq 5 is available, ie not used by a built-in soundcard?
You'll get the timeout if it isn't responding to IRQs.  

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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