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Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 15:59:08 -0700
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From: "John W. Rasins" <jrasins@interramp.com>
Subject: Intel EtherExpress installation
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I have an Intel EtherExpress 16 adapter in a Dell 486/33 machine.  But I'm
not having any success in getting it setup up within FreeBSD 2.1.0.  On
bootup, the ix0 driver is loaded since the card is seen during the ISA
probe.  To get this far, I did modify the kernel so that other devices at
similar address were not attached to the card before the ix0 driver (such as
wt0 and mdc0).

My problem now occurs when trying to ifconfig the device.  If the Flash /
Boot ROM configuration is set to an address through Intel's SoftSet program,
the ifconfig command crashes the system with a kernel panic, and the error
is 12 (I believe).

If the FlashBoot ROM configuration is disabled, ifconfig doesn't crash the
system, but doing a ping of an address returns - /kernel: ix.cx.nocs for
each packet sent out.

If I use the boot floppy, and try to setup the device use the
post-installation configuration steps, I do get prompted for all the
information for ix0 (hostname, domain, address, etc.).  But after accepting
the setup by pressing O.K., a few seconds goes by and I then get "Fatal
signal 11 caught!  I'm dead.." at the bottom of the screen.

So, I'm no expert at FreeBSD, and I'm definitely struggling with this setup.
I could not find what I thought was appropriate in the FAQ or the Handbook
Web page.  Any help would sure be great.

Thank you.

John