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From: alex@nnrp.tor.hookup.net (Alex Dumitru)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How to install Panasonic 562-J?
Date: 18 Sep 1995 00:08:11 GMT
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C.Y. Chiu (chiuc@volga.EECS.Berkeley.EDU) wrote:

: I recently acquired a Panasonic 562-J cuz it was dirt cheap.  I checked 
: to make sure that Panasonic 56x's are supported on FreeBSD, and I 
: compiled kernel with the following line:
: controller      matcd0  at isa? port ? bio
: However, when I boot, it says:
: matcd0: not found at 0xffffffff

If you look in /sys/i386/isa/matcd in the file options.h there is
an array called port_hints, that specifies where it will probe for
the interface. If yours is not set for one of those, you'll be out
of luck. Try setting your interface to 0x260...

cheers
alex

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