Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 05:22:55 -0800 From: Cy Schubert <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: Vova Golubkov <vova.golubkov@cern.ch> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.0: EtherExpress16 disappeared? Message-ID: <200003201323.FAA95493@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 20 Mar 2000 10:52:42 %2B0100." <38D5F4EA.FA6F919@cern.ch>
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In message <38D5F4EA.FA6F919@cern.ch>, Vova Golubkov writes: > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --------------C36FB26629C82B7589A35043 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group wrote: > > > > In message <38D45483.110F6A78@cern.ch>, Vova Golubkov writes: > > > Hi > > > > > > I have upgraded to 4.0-RELEASE and found that my Intel EtherExpress16 > > > NIC is not detected anymore. I know that this driver is not perfect > > > (as well as the card itself), but I prefer it to nothing :-) > > > Should it be added to sys/i386/isa/isa_compat.h? > > > > Had the same problem with my 3C509B (ep0). Disabled all unneeded > > drivers (boot -c) and it now works. A comment in the -current archives > > by Warner (IIRC) stated that other drivers may trash the card's > > registers while probing for their supported hardware, causing your card > > to become unresponsive. > > Yes, but in my case the card (ie0) has been just brougt out of the > detection process! I spent several hours changing parameters of the > card, > playing with the settings at the "boot -c prompt", but then found that > the driver is just not enabled, although it is compiled into the kernel. This is a different problem than I had. Can anyone else offer assistance? Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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