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From: weber@rhrk.uni-kl.de (Christoph Weber-Fahr [KIT])
Subject: Re: IBM ISA Ethernet Adapter == ed0 (NE2000) driver??
Message-ID: <weber.807465413@aix7.rhrk.uni-kl.de>
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Organization: University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
References: <NARTEN.95Jul25161935@cichlid.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 1995 15:56:53 GMT
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Hello,

narten@vnet.ibm.com (Thomas Narten) writes:
>I've got an IBM ISA Ethernet adaptor. When I boot, the kernel finds
>the card:

>ed0 at 0x280-0x29f irq 5 on isa
>ed0: address 10:00:5a:2d:5b:7a, type NE2000 (16 bit)

If I remember right the IBM cards are OEMed WD cards - maybe the driver
doen't get the probing correctly.

>Unfortunately, when I 'ifconfig' it, it fails with the message

>/kernel: ed1: device timeout

didn't you find ed0 ?

Regards

Christoph Weber-Fahr
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