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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!hunter.premier.net!news1.erols.com!newsmaster@erols.com From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: ed0 driver problem? Date: Sat, 06 Jul 1996 17:48:20 -0700 Organization: Erols Internet Services Lines: 30 Message-ID: <31DF0954.72B3@www.play-hookey.com> References: <nickliuDu3w28.57s@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win16; I) Nick Liu wrote: > > I have tried every possible way (IRQ and IO addresses, software and > hardware, etc) to configure my NE2000 compatible NIC but failed. The > system still complains: "ed0: device timeout". The card worked fine > on my Novell LAN connection so I don't suppose it's the card's fault. > > Since I've seen so many posts for the same problem, I wonder if it is > the kernel's driver code problem? > > What do you guys think? I know someone is going to tell me to get a > genuine NE2000... Not me. My whole subnet is running on generic NE2000 clones purchased at computer shows for around $25 each for the recent ones. Have you checked both the port address and IRQ settings? You can change both with the boot: -c option. Unless you have explicitly changed the settings, FreeBSD will assume 0x300 and IRQ 5 for ed0. It will check the port address during startup, but will assume the IRQ is set correctly. I always have to change mine, because I use 0x340 and IRQ 11 in most cases -- those are out of the way of anything else I use. -- Ken Are you interested in | byte-sized education | http://www.play-hookey.com over the Internet? |