Return to BSD News archive
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!newsgate.duke.edu!agate!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!cbgw2.lucent.com!oucsboss!news From: bfriedma@jarok.cs.ohiou.edu (Boris A. Friedman) Subject: Re: IRQ et al for Intel EtherExpress 16? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: jarok.cs.ohiou.edu Message-ID: <blk9tcdmdc.fsf@jarok.cs.ohiou.edu> Lines: 52 Sender: news@boss.cs.ohiou.edu (News Admin) X-Nntp-Posting-Date: Mon Sep 30 12:01:00 1996 Organization: Ohio University Mathematics Department X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.2.25/XEmacs 19.14 References: <3248D4AE.3B5A@bga.com> <x0enjq8k2s.fsf@sprocket.dolby.com> Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 15:59:59 GMT Douglas Mandell <dem@sprocket.dolby.com> writes: > > Anomaly <Anomaly@bga.com> writes: > > > > > I noticed in the NetBSD installation docs that many devices must be > > configured at certain IRQ's and io addresses - yet it does not mention > > any specific IRQ ora addr for the EtherExpress card. Currently I have it > > configured at IRQ=10 and IOADDR=0x0300 and when the system is loading it > > reports that I have an "ie0 : unknown AT&T type card code 15". Are there > > specific IRQ and IOADDR necessary for the EtherExpress and if so what > > are they. Thanks yet again. > > > > Phillip Smith > > Anomaly@bga.com > > From examining the configuration files on my system in > /usr/src/sys/arch/i386/conf, it would seem that the EtherExpress 16 uses the > same driver as the StarLAN and the 3C507. The INSTALL file shows these > requiring the following configuration: > > AT&T StarLAN 10, EN100, or StarLAN Fiber, or 3COM 3c507 Ethernet boards > ie0 0x360 7 iomem 0xd0000 > > in other words, set the IOADDR to 0x360, the interrupt to 7, and the I/O memory > buffer to 0xd0000. I'm using a 3COM 3C507 in my sytem comfigured this way, but > I don't have an EtherExpress to try, so I'm not sure if this is exactly right. > At least it's something to try. > > --Douglas Mandell > I have EtherExpress 16 and I ran into the same problem as described in the original posting. You do have to configure it with ie0 driver, but my version of Softset wasn't able to set irq to 7. So I couldn't use the generic kernel, and I had to change the line ie0 at isa? port 0x360 iomem 0xd0000 irq 7 # StarLAN, 3C507, and Etherexpress to ie0 at isa? port 0x360 iomem 0xd0000 irq 10 # StarLAN, 3C507, and Etherexpress in the kernel config file and recompile the kernel. The new kernel works just fine. Thanks. Boris.