From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Feb 23 04:47:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA04169 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Mon, 23 Feb 1998 04:47:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ifi.uio.no (0@ifi.uio.no [129.240.64.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA04152 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 1998 04:47:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dag-erli@ifi.uio.no) Received: from hrotti.ifi.uio.no (2602@hrotti.ifi.uio.no [129.240.64.15]) by ifi.uio.no (8.8.8/8.8.7/ifi0.2) with ESMTP id NAA23828; Mon, 23 Feb 1998 13:47:02 +0100 (MET) Received: (from dag-erli@localhost) by hrotti.ifi.uio.no ; Mon, 23 Feb 1998 13:47:02 +0100 (MET) To: Neil Webster Cc: "'hardware@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: 3c509 Cards References: <01BD3FAF.587DAD60@userj372.uk.uudial.com> Organization: Gutteklubben Terrasse / KRST X-url: http://www.ifi.uio.no/~dag-erli/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav) Date: 23 Feb 1998 13:47:01 +0100 In-Reply-To: Neil Webster's message of "Sun, 22 Feb 1998 16:31:34 -0000" Message-ID: Lines: 27 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.5/Emacs 19.34 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Neil Webster writes: > From looking through the web site I see there is no shortage on > problems with these cards, unfortunately I am having the same > problem. I have got the latest NIC drivers from 3com, and done > various things like set my card to address 300h and irq 3, and then > set BSD to 0x300 IRQ 3, disabled pnp, etc etc etc.. and no matter > what I do ifconfig fails to see the device ep0. Occasionally it says > it detected 16 3C509 boards, and configured then, but it still > doesnt find the card... anyone have any suggestions? Anything would > be appreciated :) Please avoid lines loger than ~70 characters. About the 3c509: 1) Do *not* assign IRQ 3 to your NIC. It is used by one of the serial ports. Conflicts galore. I use port 0x300 or 0x340 with IRQ 10. 2) Your symptoms (ep0 not found at 0x300, 16 3c5x9 boards detected) are consistent with a known bug in the ep driver which prevents it from detecting Etherlink III boards in a machine which also contains a SoundBlaster 32 or 64. I have submitted a patch for that bug, but nobody seems to care. Search the GNATS database for open PRs with "if_ep" in the synopsis. -- "I have a closed mind. It helps keeping the rain out." (Michael Press on a.s.r) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message