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Date:      Thu, 23 Oct 1997 01:22:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        ringlord@bbs.dcoisp.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: pnp support question read mail archives.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971023012118.2144Y-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <TCPSMTP.17.10.22.12.38.36.3047923923.1938@bbs.dcoisp.net>

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On Wed, 22 Oct 1997 ringlord@bbs.dcoisp.net wrote:

> I have just completed doing a search on pnp support on the mailing
> archives searching webpage.  There was a lot of talk of pnp about a year
> ago on these archives, but considering how things change over the course
> of a year, I wonder if there is any new information.  I gather from
> reading some of the messages that freebsd will support some pnp cards,
> but overall doesn't support pnp?
> Here is the jam I am in.  I have a NE2000 clone isa pnp card.  Of
> course, I could disable pnp support, but I don't always have sighted
> assistance around to assist me in taking off the correct jumpers and or
> changing a setting in the bios.  

Learn how to do this.  PnP NE2000s don't work.  I try to do this for a
living and they Just Don't Work.  

Usually there is a setup program sent with the card that allows you to set
it to Jumperless mode; just set that, pick some unusued resources (ie, IRQ
10 / port 300), tell FreeBSD that, and all should be good.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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