Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 10:38:21 +0100 (MET) From: Tomas Klockar <dateck@ludd.luth.se> To: agonzalez@starbase.globalpc.net (Adrian Gonzalez) Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Finding the IRQ# for an NE2000 ethernet card Message-ID: <199703080938.KAA19671@father.ludd.luth.se> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970307191204.27367B-100000@starbase.globalpc.net> from Adrian Gonzalez at "Mar 7, 97 08:16:49 pm"
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According to Adrian Gonzalez: > > Hello everybody > > I have a bunch of NE-2000 compatible jumperless ethernet cards, but I > have no software or manuals for them. They get detected at port 0300h > just fine, but I believe I'm not getting the irq # right, as I keep getting > "ed0: device timeout" when I try to configure them (with ifconfig). I > have tried irq 5 and irq 3 so far, and keep getting the same timeouts. My experience is that people often use 10 as irq for ethernet. Since 3 is the serialport and 5 mostly used for soundcard. > Is there any easy way to check which irq they're set to? Even if it > means using some DOS utility program, it would be better than recompiling > kernels for several irq's. Why recompile your kernel. enter -c at the boot prompt and type visual later Then you can configure your kernel att boot time instead. > The card itself doesn't give much insight as to who makes it, etc. I > doubt anybody will be able to tell from this, but I'll include the > relevant stuff written on the card: > > 2000JA VER 1.1 > 307A > A 'YES Netware Tested and Approved' logo > two UMC chips > three Fil-Mag "chips" > > And some other misc text such as: > this equipment complies with fcc class a > made in taiwan R.O.C. :-) > > Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I have like 8 of these cards > lying around unused. > > thanks > > -Adrian > > Doesn't tell me anything. /Tomas -- Tomas Klockar can be found at the following adresses: Kårhusvägen 4:23 | Furuvägen 102 | dateck@ludd.luth.se 977 54 Luleå | 871 52 Härnösand | dateck@solace.mh.se Tel: +46-920-231335 | Tel: +46-611-13393 | d94-tkl@sm.luth.se
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