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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!nntp.portal.ca!cynic.portal.ca!not-for-mail From: cjs@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: NetBSD and Ethernet NO GO! Date: 20 May 1997 00:03:07 -0700 Organization: Internet Portal Services, Inc. Lines: 35 Message-ID: <5lribb$jd1@cynic.portal.ca> References: <33810007.12848C2E@sympatico.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5975 In article <33810007.12848C2E@sympatico.ca>, Stephane Lajeunesse <slajeunesse@sympatico.ca> wrote: > >I'm trying to get my SMC card working. In the INSTALL file, it says >that the kernel (both install kernels) support the SMC. They do. However, you're using an SMC card at 0x300, which particular card has the unfortunate problem of getting stomped on very easily by probes from other drivers. You have two choices. One is to move the SMC card to another supported address and IRQ (ed0 or ed1), the other is to use a different kernel with things like mcd0 and wt0, and anything else that probes at address 0x300, taken out. If you'd like to do the latter, and you can't compile a kernel yourself, first try downloading the 1.2.1 i386 GENERIC kernel, and see if that fixes the problem. If it doesn't, send me e-mail and I'll build you a kernel that will work for you. Of course, another possibility is that you got hit by a rare problem with SMC cards that kills their NVRAM. Does the SMC setup program still recognise the card when started after a cold boot? >It comes back with Device not configured. I looked at /dev and there is >no ed? Looked at MAKEDEV, no ed? Network devices aren't in dev. Do an `ifconfig -a' to see all the network devices that the system found when it autoconfigured. cjs -- Curt Sampson cjs@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ Internet Portal Services, Inc. Through infinite myst, software reverberates Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 In code possess'd of invisible folly.