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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!foxhound.dsto.gov.au!fang.dsto.gov.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!news.adelaide.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak!brian From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: Ethernet problem Date: 18 Mar 94 01:15:56 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 46 Distribution: world Message-ID: <BRIAN.94Mar18011556@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> References: <2m7m4pINNack@soccer.cis.ohio-state.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk In-reply-to: wood@cis.ohio-state.edu's message of 16 Mar 1994 14:19:53 -0500 In article <2m7m4pINNack@soccer.cis.ohio-state.edu> wood@cis.ohio-state.edu (joel braden wood) writes: I've just installed NetBSD on my computer and now I'm trying to get my ethernet card to work... It's a SMC 8013WC of the "Elite" series. I have it set at: Base I/O - 280 IRQ - 2 Ram Addr - D0000 ROM - D8000 According to the install_notes this is supposed to work. The messages I'm getting when I boot the unix machine... ed0 at 0x280-0x29f irq 9 maddr 0xd0000-0xd1fff ed0 address 00:00:c0:f1:79:83, type unknown (8-bit) When I try to configure the card according to the install notes: I type: # ifconfig ed0 my_address and get: # ed0: device timeout The card is 16-bit and set at irq 2. So I don't know why I get the 8-bit or irq 9 message. I would greatly appreciate any information as to how I can get this card working. Well, it won't get the card working, but I can explain the IRQ 2/9 bit. IRQ2 and IRQ9 are the same. Originally PCS only had 8 hardware interrupts. When they decided to add more, they hooked a further eight onto IRQ2, making IRQ9 mimic IRQ2 for compatability. Now, didn't that help !!?! Brian -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....