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From: curt@portal.ca (Curt Sampson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: [FIX] Re: Need help with SMC8013EWC in Micron Millenia Plus under NetBSD 1.0
Date: 28 Oct 1995 19:15:46 -0700
Organization: Internet Portal Services, Ltd.
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In article <DH1r30.FuG@news2.new-york.net>,
Steven M. Jones <smj@Crash.COM> wrote:

: In summary: My PCI machine wasn't able to use the ISA based SMC8013EWC Ethernet
: card when running from the hard disk. When booting from the GENERICBT floppy
: everything was fine. NT used the card with no complaints. The error message
: under NetBSD 1.0 was "ed0: NIC memory corrupt - invalid packet length 0".
: 
: Alexandra's post menioned that in systems with only one floppy, running a
: kernel configured for two floppies could cause the ed driver to fail to work
: properly, probably due to strange interrupt-related behavior. Ay any rate I
: commented out the definition of fd1 and my system is now using the SMC card
: with no problem.

This should probably go in the FAQ, if it's not there already. Or has
this been fixed in 1.1-alpha?

cjs
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