Date: Sat, 9 May 1998 09:40:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Thrawn <thrawn@hub.org> Cc: BSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FW: Basic networking Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980509093913.5106A-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <000101bd7b50$7021b7e0$0200a8c0@tkk.sdf1net>
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the driver for ne2000 cards is the ed0 driver.. use the '-vc' option during boot to make hte ed0 driver have your board's port, and irq values. (don't forget port is specified in hex with leading 0x) julian On Sat, 9 May 1998, Thrawn wrote: > sorry if this got posted twice, my mail progie crashed when I first sent this > > -----Original Message----- > From: Thrawn [mailto:thrawn@hub.org] > Sent: Saturday, May 09, 1998 9:40 AM > To: BSD Questions > Subject: Basic networking > > > I have just installed (for the first time, so I would have to be considered a newbie at FreeBSD but I do have a greater amount of knowledge concerning Linux (I know I know, I should switch - well that is what I am attempting to try) well Im running into a snag, my LinkSys Ether16 (NE2000 compatible device) is not being detected as it should. here is a clip from the boot messages > > ie0: unknown board_id: a0 > ie0 not found at 0x300 > ep0 not found at 0x300 > ex0 not found > le0 not found at 0x300 > > the first line points that it found the card on ie0, but the board_id is all messed up, if I change around the IRQ's and IO addies I sometimes get differing results for the board_id, but in the end of tring them all I still can not get the device to load. > > Yes, the device is PnP, but I have turned that all off (as linux was having problems with the PnP side for this NIC) > > Any pointers on what is going on here would be great > > TIA > Ray Slakinski > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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