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Date:      Tue,  9 Sep 97 13:58:06 +0200
From:      Carl Christian Wulff <ccwulff@rosario.de>
To:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   four-port ethernet - adaptec ANA-6944A/TX
Message-ID:  <9709091203.AA09624@marvin.rosario.de>

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hi,

today I tried to boot a FreeBSD machine (RELENG_2_2 of Aug 14, GENERIC  
kernel) with a

	adaptec ANA-6944A/TX	(former Cogent ?)
	
4-port ethernet (10/100 Mb) card with

	four digital 21140-AE	(c) Dec 1996

without luck.

The kernel reported the following:

[...]
de0 <Digital 21040 Ethernet> rev 35 int a irq 11 on pci0:12
de0: 21040 [10Mb/s] pass 2.3
de0: address 00:00:92:90:70:eb
de0: enabling BNC/AUI port
Probing for devices on PCI bus 1:
de1 <Digital 21140A Fast Ethernet> rev 34 int a irq 9 on pci1:4
de1: 21140A [10-100Mb/s] pass 2.2
de1: address 00:00:92:a7:09:dc
de1: enabling 10baseT port
de2 <Digital 21140A Fast Ethernet> rev 34 int a irq 11 on pci1:5
de2: can't read ENET ROM (why=-3)  
(ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
de2: 21140A [10-100Mb/s] pass 2.2
de2: address unknown
de3 <Digital 21140A Fast Ethernet> rev 34 int a irq 10 on pci1:6
de3: can't read ENET ROM (why=-3)  
(ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
de3: 21140A [10-100Mb/s] pass 2.2
de3: address unknown
de4 <Digital 21140A Fast Ethernet> rev 34 int a irq 12 on pci1:7
de4: can't read ENET ROM (why=-3)  
(ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
de4: 21140A [10-100Mb/s] pass 2.2
de4: address unknown
Probing for devices on the ISA bus:
[...]

is it my fault, or do I have to wait for some kernel updates ?

thanks,
Christian



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