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Date:      Mon, 18 Feb 2002 07:06:36 +0100
From:      Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net>
To:        "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Beginner's question - Network problem
Message-ID:  <20020218060636.GB3731@raggedclown.net>
In-Reply-To: <20020217195934.5D5DF48449@wastegate.net>
References:  <20020215182653.Y36782@blossom.cjclark.org> <20020217195934.5D5DF48449@wastegate.net>

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On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 03:01:31PM -0500, Doug Reynolds wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Feb 2002 18:26:53 -0800, Crist J. Clark wrote:
> 
> >On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 02:46:08AM +0100, Alain Fabry wrote:
> >> It's a Intel EtherExpress Pro 10+ ISA card
> >
> >[snip]
> >
> >> ex: WARNING: board's EEPROM is configured for IRQ 0, using 5
> >> ex0: <Intel PRO/10+ or compatible adapter> at port 0x200-0x20f iomem 0xcc000-0xcffff irq 5 on isa0
> >> ex0: PnP config, 16-bit bus, board id 0xfff, stepping 0xf
> >> ex0: Ethernet address ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> >
> >Not good. Have you tried disabling PnP in your BIOS?
> 
> if I can recall correctly, that board can be either PnP or jumperless. 
> download the dos program from intel, and set the board to where you
> want it.  PnP is great for PCI, but sucks for ISA, imho.
> 

Slightly OT (since the advice is probably the right thing to try), but
PnP *only* applies to ISA. It has no meaning when applied to PCI
devices. In the archives somewhere is a technical explanation of how
ISA PnP came about.

> I've done this with all my isa network cards and never had a problem
> with freebsd or any other OS for that matter.
> 
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> doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net
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   Cliff Sarginson -- <csfbsd@raggedclown.net>

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