Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 17:51:39 -0700 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: dyson@freebsd.org Cc: figueroa@alamo.net, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boca 16 port and 3C509 Message-ID: <199610140051.RAA07652@root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 13 Oct 1996 19:40:20 CDT." <199610140040.TAA01467@dyson.iquest.net>
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>> I have a couple of machines which are used for a small private ISP/BBS >> system. Our Primary DNS is running BSDi/OS 2.0.1 and our secondary is >> running FreeBSD (it used to run Linux/RedHat, until I saw the light !!! ;> ) >> >> The machines run fine through our internal network which IP based via ISDN >> connect. The problem is that I want to install a Boca 16 multi-port card. >> The FAQ was very helpful in setting this up, since that part works fine. >> The problem is the 3C509 card. I cannot get these two to work together. >> The Boca is set up with an Interrupt of 4 and a base IO address of 100h. >> The 3C509 was set up with the default of 0x300. No matter what I do to >> the IO setting for the 3C509, it cannot get recognized by the boot-up >> probe. Does anyone else have a multiport card and ethernet card working >> together? ( can't we all just get along?!? ;> ). Upon boot up the kernel >> does see the Boca in shared IRQ mode but not the 3C509. If I disconnect/disable >> the Boca, the 3C509 is recognized. Can anyone shed some light as to what >> the problem may be and what I could do to get these to work? >> >Something deep in the recesses of my memory tell me that there is some >incompatibility with devices taking some of the addresses at 0x100 >and using a 3c509... I forget the exact addresses, but at least >this is a direction to go in!!! Wasn't 0x100 where the plug-n-play register is at? -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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