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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!hookup!gatech!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!ncar!newshost.lanl.gov!ferrari.mst6.lanl.gov!nntp-server.caltech.edu!news From: Ching Shih <shih> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 3C589 setup Date: 1 Sep 1995 20:16:15 GMT Organization: HEP Caltech Lines: 46 Message-ID: <427pmf$k5f@gap.cco.caltech.edu> References: <41tnu8$605@mark.ucdavis.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cithe312.cithep.caltech.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; AIX 2) X-URL: news:41tnu8$605@mark.ucdavis.edu I have a 3Com 589 EtherLink III (Combo) in my Toshiba T1950CT. It works very well with its 10 BaseT connection. I set its IRQ to 10, PORT to 0x330. However I have never been able to make it work with its Thin-wide connection. Ching Shih shih@cithe502.cithep.caltech.edu itannman@rocky.ucdavis.edu (Ann Mansker) wrote: >I've seen a little discussion on this group about using a 3Com 3C589 >PCMCIA card with FreeBSD 2.0.5. I'm glad to see that it can be done, but >how? I have a TI TravelMate 4000M multibooting FreeBSD 2.0.5 and Windows >for Workgroups, and a 3Com 3C589 combo card, usually on twisted pair >(fortunately -- sounds like Thinnet would be a bigger problem). > >Under WfWG, I'm using Phoenix PCM+ for card services and 3Com's packet >drivers, and everything works fine. The 3C589 is configured by the point >enabler, and apparently then handed over to PCM+. The card services >insist on assigning the card to irq 5 (though the point enabler puts it >at 3), and giving it an I/O base of 0200 (though the point enabler puts >it at 0300). At least, I think that's the I/O base -- PCM+ calls it I/O >Window 1. > >FreeBSD, though it recognizes that the network card is present, always >gives the message "zp0 not found at 0x200" -- or not found at whatever >address I give it. > >The device line in the kernel is currently: > >device zp0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 5 iomem 0x10000 vector zpintr > >Iomem was assigned according to the Register Base Address assigned by PCM+. >Poking around in the software, I found 3Com's 3C589CFG program, and used >that to see if there was anything useful there. It said that the I/O >address was 110, but that the card services would dynamically readdress >as needed, so don't worry about it. Just for laughs, I tried 0110, but >zp0 wasn't found there, either. > >I'm sure you've all realized by now that I'm a novice at this. I hope >I've provided enough information for some kind soul to tell me what I'm >doing wrong, or what's missing.... > >Ann Mansker >