Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 02:01:16 -0500 (CDT) From: Area 51 <moke@winternet.com> To: John Hay <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Old Gateway Ethernet card Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960724015504.19479A-100000@subzero.winternet.com> In-Reply-To: <199607230422.GAA17529@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za>
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On Tue, 23 Jul 1996, John Hay wrote: > > Well here is my problem. I have recently converted from Linux to freebsd > > 2.1.5-release on my pentium system. The problem is that i cannot get the > > ethernet card I have to work. I believe it is a Gateway ethernet card > > and it works under Linux 1.2.13 as a ne2000 compatible, but in new linux > > kernels it locks on detection on every other boot. The problem in FreeBSD > > is that it the system locks up on detection on every boot. The card is > > currently on 0x300 irq11 and there is no conflicts with either the > > address or irq that I am aware of. I have tried defining GW_ETHER which i > > ^^^^^^^^ > > noticed while reading the if_ed.c file and that did not work either. I > > believe this problem is stemming from how many cards the ne1000/ne2000 > > driver is trying to detect, and this old card may not handle it well. I'm > > open for suggestions... > > > > > > Just to make sure. Did you spell it with the "_" or without it? It should > be "options GWETHER" in the kernel config file. Over the years I did find > that different motherboards greatly influenced the Gateway ethernet card. > I had some motherboards where it worked even if I didn't define GWETHER > and then others didn't want to work without it. The reset code that you > get by defineing GWETHER is the same as that being used by the Gateway > ipx drivers a long time ago. Maybe our DELAY got a bit shorter over the > years. Try to make the DELAY(200) just after the reset longer and see > what happen. > > John yep I did spell it GWETHER, just mispelled it in the post. I'll try that delay thing hopefully it works. Thanks.
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