Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 19:18:10 -0800 (PST) From: Bill Schoolcraft <bill@wiliweld.com> To: Alson van der Meulen <alm@flutnet.org> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 3com 509, working - kinda Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0112191906270.1111-100000@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20011220014142.M10171@md2.mediadesign.nl>
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At Thu, 20 Dec 2001 it looks like Alson van der Meulen composed: > On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 07:04:48PM -0500, Danny wrote: > > I've had this problem with fbsd and 3C509's probably since I started > > using the 3C's, it never really bothered me since everything works fine > > but I recently have an urge to find some type of solution. Upon boot up > > the NIC is detected in the following fashion: > > > > hiteknology /kernel: ep0: <3Com 3C509-TPO EtherLink III> at port > > 0x300-0x30f irq 10 on isa0 > > hiteknology /kernel: ep0: eeprom failed to come ready. > > hiteknology last message repeated 4 times > > hiteknology /kernel: ep0: Ethernet address 00:00:00:00:00:00 > > hiteknology /kernel: ep1: <3Com 3C509B-TPO EtherLink III (PnP)> > > at port 0x210-0x21f irq 3 on isa0 > > hiteknology /kernel: ep1: Ethernet address 00:60:08:07:d5:6a > > > > Simply using ep1 works fine, but I just want to find out what might be > > causing this and what (if any) steps I can take in order to correct the > > nuisance. Thanks for your help. > Did you disable ISAPNP using the DOS config tool (I think it's called > 3c5x9cfg)? And tried to set the io to 0x210 and irq to 3 using the same > tool? I have the same card, actually two of them. One card is a "combo" card with a 10-base2 (co-ax) and a 10-baseT (RJ45) connector, the other card just the 10-baseT (RJ45). When both cards boot they show the ep0 for the 10 Base-2, and ep1 for the RJ45 !!! But the second nic has no 10 Base-2 connector !! So I'd deduct that the chipset is the same for both cards but one card was only fitted with a RJ45 connector, not the "combo" connections like my first card. When I was booting the card for the first time and say the dmesg booting I said "Damm, I put the combo card in...." when I spun the computer around it was NOT the combo card, hence I once again feel these, or some of these 3c509 cards had "combo" chips despite only having RJ45 connectors. -- Bill Schoolcraft PO Box 210076 -o) San Francisco CA 94121 /\ "UNIX, A Way Of Life." _\_v http://forwardslashunix.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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