Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 08:52:50 -0800 From: Drew Tomlinson <drewt@writeme.com> To: 'Matthew Emmerton' <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>, bbayorgeon@new.rr.com, Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: What Is config> During Boot? Message-ID: <BA5D0CE1CBB2D411B6AA00A0CC3F02390AF70F@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov> In-Reply-To: <001301c04b9b$c9e3af90$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Emmerton [mailto:matt@gsicomp.on.ca] > Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 8:57 PM > To: bbayorgeon@new.rr.com; Mike Meyer; Drew Tomlinson > Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: What Is config> During Boot? > > > > > > device ed0 at isa? port 0x240 irq 9 iomem 0xd8000 > > > device ed1 at isa? port 0x260 irq 11 iomem 0xd8000 > > > > This looks a little funny that both of these cards are trying > > to use iomem 0xd8000 > > > > Now later you say: > > > > > ed0 at port 0x240-0x25f iomem 0xd8000 irq 9 drq 0 on isa0 > > > ed0: address 00:40:05:66:b2:55, type NE2000 (16 bit) > > > ed1 at port 0x260-0x27f iomem 0xd0000 irq 11 on isa0 > > > ed1: address 00:40:05:66:b2:52, type NE2000 (16 bit) > > > > So how did ed1 go from iomem d8000 to d0000? > > This may not be the case here, but I've seen similar things > with a pair of > NE2000 cards that I have. The DOS setup programs will only > let the IRQ and > I/O port be set. > > Regardless of what I specify in the kernel config, somehow > during the probe > the correct values for IOMEM are returned and the cards work happily > together. Should I remove the iomem and following values in my kernel config? > > This could be the cause of: > > > > > ed1: device timeout > > I've also seen this. I've found the cause of this is that > some NE2000 cards > require a cable (link signal) be present, otherwise it churns > out timeout > errors. (This used to wreak havoc when my cable or DSL modem would go > offline during the night, filling up the log file with timeouts.) The cable is plugged in and I do have a link light on my switch. Any other ideas? Thanks, Drew > -- > Matthew Emmerton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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