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From: jin@gracie.lbl.gov (Jin Guojun[ITG])
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 3Com 509, "Erase pencil mark"
Date: 9 Feb 1996 19:50:12 GMT
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
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References: <MAGNER.96Feb8105020@hstud1.cs.uit.no> <4fdttj$8qo@hilbert.dnai.com>
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In article <4fdttj$8qo@hilbert.dnai.com>, Karl Wiebe  <karl@dnai.com> wrote:
>magner@hstud1.cs.uit.no (Magne Rasmussen) wrote:
>>Why does my kernel print this error when I try to bring it up
>>with my 3Com Etherlink III 509 ISA Plug'n Play ethernet card?
>
>Because "Plug 'n Play" is a misnomer, it should be "Plug 'n Pray".
>Disable Plug 'n Play with the setup disk. FreeBSD should then boot fine.
>
>--Karl

Wrong! I patched 3C509 driver and everything works fine. My 20 FreeBSD
machines boot very happy with Plug 'n Play enabled.
Who comes with "Erase pencil mark" idea? I don't know. :-)

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