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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!huxley.anu.edu.au!not-for-mail From: gpg109@huxley.anu.edu.au (Paul Gortmaker) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 3COM 3c509B ethernet card - again Date: 18 May 1995 10:29:34 +1000 Organization: Australian National University Lines: 32 Message-ID: <3pe4de$o0t@huxley.anu.edu.au> References: <3pbuioINNfhc@columbia.cs.ubc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: 150.203.2.12 X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #16 (NOV) goldberg@cs.ubc.ca (Murray W. Goldberg) writes: >I've been reading the 3com 3c509B comments of late as I was having the same >problem. I tried the "link2" suggestion, but still have a problem. Has anyone >seen the following: (I've added the link2 argument to ifconfig, and the >card is configured at 0x300 IRQ 10.) >- when the card has plug-and-play enabled, at boot time I get a message like > this: > "ep0 at 0x300 in test mode - erase pencil mark > eeprom failed to come ready" > and the card does not work. The present Linux driver expects PnP to be disabled. Dunno about FreeBSD. >I was thinking IRQ conflict, but can't seem to find one (naive question: is >there an easy way to find the base addresses and IRQs for all devices in the >system? Some come up at boot but scroll right off the screen). If you actually manage to boot, then do a "dmesg|more". If you want to check before booting, enter a "-c" at the boot prompt, and then type "ls" to list your present kernel configuration. Paul. >Murray W. Goldberg >goldberg@cs.ubc.ca >P.S. - for reference, my setup includes an intel premiere motherboard, >adaptec 2940W SCSI with 4 drives, SB16, 3c509B ethernet (of course), and >Mach 64, 4-meg video...