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Date:      Fri, 11 Jun 1999 15:11:11 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        ARCADY GENKIN <genkin@usa.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Ethernet cards woes (2  x  ne2000)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9906111510050.21365-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19990610062251.18781.qmail@aw164.netaddress.usa.net>

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On 10 Jun 1999, ARCADY GENKIN wrote:

> I have a new installation of FreeBSD 3.2Rel. on an i486 with 2 ISA NE2000
> nics. I recompiled the kernel with the following parameters:
> 
> device ed0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 5 iomem 0xd8000
> device ed1 at isa? port 0x240 net irq 3 iomem 0xd8000

You're sure these are the correct settings?  IRQ 3 is a bit odd.

> at boot time it looks like they are initialized properly:
> 
> config> en ed0
> config> po ed0 0x300
> config> ir ed0 5
> config> iom ed0 0xd8000
> config> f ed0 0
> config> q
> [...]
> ed0 at 0x300-0x31f irq 5 on isa
> ed0: address 52:54:4c:17:c9:5c, type NE2000 (16 bit) 
> ed1 at 0x240-0x25f irq 3 on isa
> ed1: address 00:80:c8:ec:0f:39, type NE2000 (16 bit)
> 
> any attempt to work with them, though, results in "edX: device timeout"
> warning.

These are caused by:

1)  Misconfigs.
2)  Link failure.  NE2k's generally stop responding if there is no network
link present.  Check cabling.

> Q2: In the kernel configuration file, what is "iomem 0xd8000", and is it
> standard for all ethernet cards? If not, how can I find out the value for my
> system?

It doesn't apply for NE2000s.

Doug White                               
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