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From: greg@ecse.rpi.edu (Greg)
Subject: 386bsd 0.1 - ne2000 problem work-around
Message-ID: <greg.711512526@hibp1.ecse.rpi.edu>
Summary: by rebuilding the kernal so that ne0 uses irq3, I got it to work.
Keywords: 386bsd ne2000
Nntp-Posting-Host: hibp0.ecse.rpi.edu
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1992 02:22:06 GMT
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When I first installed 386bsd 0.1, my ne2000 card would not transmit. It
also sporadically gave error: isr 15 and error: isr 17 messages. I had intended
to load the distibution via ethernet, but after much frustration I bit the
bullet and loaded from floppies.
I suspected a problem with the interupts. My ne2000 was jumpered for
irq 2 and ioadx 0x300 as per the install notes. The only other boards in
the machine are the vga and the FD/HD serial/par do-it-all card. None of
these devices should have a conflicting irq, but out of superstition I
disabled all but the FD and HD. Still no help.
After I loaded the source, and deleted enough so that I could actually
compile something on my 100MB disk, I rebuilt the kernel. I assigned the
ne2000 to use irq2, sacrificing com2. The kernal build was uneventfull except
that I need to apply the "version patch" posted recently. I restrapped the
ne2000 to irq3 and away we go! It seems to work.
Perhaps someone has some insight into why in can't use the irq2
configuration. I don't no if it is at all related, but I seem to have a timing
dependant booting problem. It will always boot of the floppy, ~90 % of the
time when I boot in low speed mode and ~10% of the time running at 33 MHz. The
mother board is from Advanced Integration Research and uses Chips and ETEQ LSI.
I am also using a Cyrix 83D78-40. The drive is Quantum 105lp IDE.
Well, I hope that whis info is usefull to someone.
Ecstatically networking,
Greg - greg@megas.ecse.rpi.edu
PS. Thanks Bill & Lynne !!!