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Date:      Sun, 31 Oct 1999 14:56:37 +0100 (CET)
From:      Leif Neland <leifn@neland.dk>
To:        Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: LinkSys probe locks up some NE2000 clones (was: ed0 hangs at boot)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9910311453160.1955-100000@arnold.neland.dk>
In-Reply-To: <l0302096fb441de8016a5@[194.32.164.2]>

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On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, Bob Bishop wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> At 12:33 pm +0100 31/10/99, Leif Neland wrote:
> >current, cvsupped around 3:00 GMT 31 oct.
> >
> >When trying to boot a new kernel, the machine simply hangs.
> >I have narrowed it down to ed0[etc]
> 
> The LinkSys probe code (in particular the checksum at the start of
> ed_get_Linksys()) causes my no-name ISA NE2000 clone to lock the machine
> up. I guess you have the same problem.
> 
Yes, I added a return(0) at the beginning of ed_get_linksys(); and now I'm
up. But now is the question how to fix if_ed permanently... Perhaps a
reordering could help. If ed_get_linksys was called later than my card was
detected...


My card is a dlink 250.

Leif




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