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Date:      Mon, 26 Oct 1998 16:57:04 -0500 (EST)
From:      John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu>
To:        Roger Hall <RHall@esigroup.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD-Stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: NIC Config Help
Message-ID:  <XFMail.981026165704.jobaldwi@vt.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199810261940.LAA00622@dingo.cdrom.com>

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On 26-Oct-98 Mike Smith wrote:
>> I have a box that was running 2.2.6 just fine (I installed over the
>> internet - which I was very impressed with BTW). I received my 2.2.7
>> disk set with the Complete FreeBSD, tried to setup booting into X, and
>> discovered the "magic number" issue. So I decided to create a new boot
>> floppy, and re-install from disk 1. Now, my network card isn't found (or
>> the kernel page faults).
>> 
>> I'm using a 3Com Etherlink II/16 TP, which has a whole row of jumpers. 
>> 300  *original setting
>> 310
>> 330
>> 350
>> 250
>> 280
>> 2A0
>> 2E0
>> 
>> DISABLE
>> C8000
>> CC000
>> D8000 *original setting
>> DC000
>> 
>> Previously, ed0 was found at 300, and I know the card was set to D8000,
>> but I can't remember how that translates into "flags" in the visual
>> config editor. 
> 
> It doesn't.  Leave the flags alone.  Set the port and memory addresses 
> to match the card.
> 
>> Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
>> fault virtual address = 0xefc00000
> 
> You have the memory address set wrong; set it right.

Roger,

Make sure and set the memory address to 0xd80000 and not 0xd8000.  (4 zero's) 
I've been bitten by that one, although with me it just didn't detect the cards
instead of page faulting. 

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As easy as 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716


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