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Date:      Thu, 18 Jun 98 08:57:55 +0200
From:      THIERRY.HERBELOT@telspace.alcatel.fr
To:        matthew@wolfepub.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   =?ISO-8859-1?Q?R=E9p_:_ed:_device_broken!?_(was_Re:_ed1:_device_timeout?)?=
Message-ID:  <H000057c0164f4d1@MHS>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19980617153107.03161448@wolfepub.com>

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     Hi,
     
     I used o 3com 3c503 with the same device driver (ed). The driver used 
     to complain timeout error until I plugged a BNC cable - after that, I 
     never had another error - and the card and driver perform flawlessly.
     
        TfH


____________________________ Séparateur Réponse ________________________________
Objet : ed: device broken!? (was Re: ed1: device timeout?)
Auteur :  matthew@wolfepub.com
Date :    17/06/98 21:31


Greetings,
     
   Sorry for the cross-post to hackers, but this has been kicking around on
questions for a day or two with no resolution.  I have tried everything 
suggested to me but nothing helps.
     
   Does anyone know if there is a problem with the ed: device driver on
2.2.6-R?  I have a PCI NIC that was giving me a ed1: timeout error.  I have 
removed *every* card in the system except the video card (on the ISA bus), 
changed cables twice, and set the NIC to every IRQ available on the system.
 I even disabled the serial and parallel ports to be able to use those IRQs.
     
   But here is the clincher...  I took out the PCI NIC and put in a real
Novell/Eagle NE2000 ISA NIC.  It is jumper-less so I used the DOS utility 
that came with the card to set the IRQ and base address.  Then I booted 
with the GENERIC kernel and set ed0: to the correct settings.  Now for the 
big kick in the a**.  Both cards, the PCI and ISA NIC are both NE2000, so 
they both use the ed: device and *both* cards give me the ed: timeout 
error!!  By this time I was banging my head on everything in reach.  I have 
another ISA NIC (a 3Com) that uses the ep: device and it works fine.
     
   Anyone else having problems like this?  The MB is an ASUS-Tech SPG3 (yes
it is a 486).  Intel-DX2-66, 24MB RAM, 4 ISA, 3 PCI, onboard IDE and SCSI 
(both of which can be disabled).  I have been running FreeBSD on it for 
about 2 years and this is the first time I have had any problems.
     
Thanks
Matthew
     
     
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