Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 03:35:57 +0400 From: Vladik Kozin <epbox@yandex.ru> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NE2000 compatible pcmcia ether-card doesn't work: fixed Message-ID: <200305250335.57421.epbox@yandex.ru> In-Reply-To: <200305250256.30908.epbox@yandex.ru> References: <200305250256.30908.epbox@yandex.ru>
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=09The following changes to /etc/rc.conf brought my card to life :) Comment the following line out or simply remove it. # pccard_ifconfig=3D"DHCP" Add the following line. ifconfig_ed0=3D"DHCP"=20 #change "DHCP" with whatever you need to configure your card On Sunday 25 May 2003 02:56, Vladik Kozin wrote: > I installed FBSD 4.8 on my ThinkPad 570 via ftp using the NE2000 > compatible ethernet card. Unfortunately, somethig went wrong while > adjusting the kernel to my needs. So now I can't get the same card to w= ork. > My present configuration looks like this: > > #____ kernel > device miibus > device ed > device card > device pcic0 at isa? irq 0 port 0x3e0 iomem 0xd0000 > device pcic1 at isa? irq 0 port 0x3e2 iomem 0xd4000 disable > > #_____ /etc/rc.conf > pccard_enable=3D"YES" > pccard_ifconfig=3D"DHCP" > pccardd_flags=3D"" > > #_____ dmesg sais > pccard: card inserted, slot 0 > pccard: card removed, slot 0 > pccard: card inserted, slot 0 > ed0 at port ....... irq 11 slot 0 on pccard0 > ed0: address ..............., type NE2000 (16bit) > ed0: device timeout > ed0: device timeout > ... > > #_____ from >man 4 ed > ed%d: device timeout Indicates that an expected transmitter interrupt > didn't occur. Usually caused by an interrupt conflict with anothe= r > card on the ISA bus. This condition could also be caused if the kernel= is > configured for a different IRQ channel than the one the card is actuall= y > using. If that is the case, you will have to either reconfigure the ca= rd > using a DOS utility or set the jumpers on the card appropriately. > > I've already tried to to change interrupt by adding irq to the > kernel and pccardd_flags=3D"-i #num" to /etc/rc.conf. > I was also experimenting with /boot/kernel.conf, altering it by= my > own hands. Installing the new kernel doesn't seem to replace this file. > Then who does? Why is it important if at all? > =09I had the following strings in /boot/kernel.conf at the begining: > =09 en ed0 > =09 po ed0 0x280 > ir ed0 5 > iom ed0 0xd8000 > f ed0 0 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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