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From: bill@winu.fa.umist.ac.uk (Bill Nutt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 3Com drivers
Date: 12 May 1996 20:27:48 GMT
Organization: Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
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so long as you do it manually at the boot prompt instead of using the pretty
"visual" utility, you can set the base address to 0x3000.

--Bill Nutt
UMIST, UK

Kermit Tensmeyer (kermit@cnad.dl.nec.com) wrote:
: The 3C579-TP (3C5X9) comes with a base address of 3000H. The drivers in the 
: freebsd distributions are looking for the ethernet board at a base address of 
: 300H.

:  How do I adjust the drivers to use the address that the board uses?