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From: "Stephen J. Roznowski" <sjr@home.net>
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To: paradox@pegasus.rutgers.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: 3c509 ethernet adapter driver???
In-Reply-To: Mail from 'Red Barchetta <paradox@pegasus.rutgers.edu>'
      dated: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 14:29:21 -0400
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> From: Red Barchetta <paradox@pegasus.rutgers.edu>
> Subject: 3c509 ethernet adapter driver???
> 
> For the past two days, I have been trying to install various versions of
> the 2.2.5-BETAs from 22releng.freebsd.org.  I need to do a network-based
> install, but my network card is not being detected on bootup.  I have a
> 3com 3c509 adapter (with all 3 connector types), which a search of the list
> archives reveals has been a problem in the past.  I have tried everything I
> can find in the archives, including checking my card's settings with the
> 3c5x9cfg.exe program, powering down completely before booting from the
> install disk, disabling all other devices that are probed at I/O address
> 0x300, assuring that PnP mode is turned off, manually setting the
> parameters shown in the boot utility to match those of my card, etc.
> 
> In all cases, I get the following boot messages:
> 
> 16 3x509 board(s) on ISA found at 0x200 0x200 0x200 ... (16 instances of
> 0x200)
> ep0 not found at 0x300

The "fix" for this problem appears to be to change ELINK_ID_PORT to
0x110 in /usr/src/sys/i386/isa/elink.h. I've submitted a bug report
(kern/4559) about this problem [on 16 Sept 97] but haven't heard
anything about it yet.

-SR