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From: j@ida.interface-business.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: AMD PCnet PCI network card
Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Date: 9 Oct 1996 11:07:42 GMT
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cfs@numero1.mat.puc.cl (Cristian Ferretti) wrote:

> I'm trying to run FreeBSD in a HP Vectra PC.
> So far, everything works except for the net card.
> It's an AMD PCnet PCI card. Windows95 says it's in IRQ 9, 0xfce0.
> The standard GENERIC kernel doesn't recognize it.
> Booting -c, and changing IRQ to 9 and port to 0xfce0 the kernel prints:
> 
> kernel.GENERIC: lnc0 at 0xfce0-0xfcf7 irq 9 on eisa slot 15
> kernel.GENERIC: lnc0: NE2100 (C-LANCE) Ethernet controller, address 08:00:09:af:2a:07

Do you have a chance to try the boot floppy of a recent SNAP?  The lnc
driver has got PCI support on July 19, 1996.

(Followup changed to a better suited group.)
-- 
J"org Wunsch					       Unix support engineer
joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de       http://www.interface-business.de/~j