Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 18:33:40 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: pst@shockwave.com (Paul Traina) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, Andrew.Gordon@net-tel.co.uk, nate@freebsd.org, mobile@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: need help with a PC CARD NE2000 clone... Message-ID: <199612100803.SAA14925@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199612100800.AAA00750@precipice.shockwave.com> from Paul Traina at "Dec 10, 96 00:00:01 am"
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Paul Traina stands accused of saying: > Well, the good news is that fixing the logic to round up did fix my > allocation problems. Now pccardd sets up the card and calls the ed > driver to initialize. > > Unfortunately, at this point, the system hangs (seting a breakpoint > at edinit shows the call occuring). My next step will be to > remote-gdb the kernel... or I could just get a big hammer and > smash this cruddy ethernet card into pieces. I should have known > $100 for a PCMCIA ethernet card last xmas was too good to be true. :-) Hmm. Great, even. 8( > I'm thinking of going out and getting one of the 3COM 3c589 cards > and a Megahertz 3811 cellular modem, but the combo is /not/ cheap. I would strongly advise against the 3c589 if stress is not your friend; see Greg Lehey's current running battle for reference there. I can assue you that the Accton EN2216 card _does_ work, and it shouldn't bust the bank. Accton should be available in your neck of the woods. > I'm going to yell at the manufacturer of my ethernet card, as I noticed > even they needed a special driver under w95 for this card. Maybe they'll > cough up some dirt on how it differs. Heh. Hopeful 8( > Paul -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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