Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 10:16:25 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: "Patrick O'Reilly" <bsd@perimeter.co.za> Cc: Toomas Aas <toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3Com NIC won't work!?! Message-ID: <3D78E2E9.1040001@owt.com> References: <200209051733.g85HXhV03709@lv.raad.tartu.ee> <05b201c255a9$2d154d80$b50d030a@PATRICK>
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Patrick O'Reilly wrote: > From: "Toomas Aas" <toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee> > >>>Sep 4 11:51:46 obelix /kernel: xl0: <3Com 3c905C-TX Fast Etherlink >>> > XL> > >>>port 0xb800-0xb87f mem 0xe4800000-0xe480007f irq 5 at device 6.0 on >>> > pci1 > >>>Sep 4 11:51:46 obelix /kernel: xl0: reset didn't complete >>> >>This is just my guess, but IRQ 5 seems somewhat unusual choice for >> > NIC. > >>Maybe some other device is trying to use the same IRQ? Have you tried >>turning off PnP in your BIOS? Putting the NIC in different PCI slot? >> > > Toomas, > > Thanks for your response. My current NIC is an SMC, and it is running > right now on IRQ 5. I would assume that means that's OK ? > > As for PnP, and other slots, I will try that sometime, but I can't do it > too soon as the box is far away from me :( > It has been my experience that 3Com cards have a configuration program on a floppy that comes with them that you can use to change how the NIC deals with the world, i.e., pnp, irq, and etc. When you install them into non-windows based computers, you have to consider how you want them setup. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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