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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Ethernet problem
Date: 18 Mar 94 01:15:56
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In-reply-to: wood@cis.ohio-state.edu's message of 16 Mar 1994 14:19:53 -0500

In article <2m7m4pINNack@soccer.cis.ohio-state.edu> wood@cis.ohio-state.edu (joel braden wood) writes:

   I've just installed NetBSD on my computer and now I'm trying to 
   get my ethernet card to work...

   It's a SMC 8013WC of the "Elite" series.
   I have it set at:
   Base I/O - 280
	IRQ - 2
   Ram Addr - D0000
	ROM - D8000

   According to the install_notes this is supposed to work.

   The messages I'm getting when I boot the unix machine...

   ed0 at 0x280-0x29f irq 9 maddr 0xd0000-0xd1fff
   ed0 address 00:00:c0:f1:79:83, type unknown (8-bit)

   When I try to configure the card according to the install notes:
   I type:
   # ifconfig ed0 my_address

   and get:
   # ed0: device timeout

   The card is 16-bit and set at irq 2.  So I don't know why I get the 8-bit
   or irq 9 message.


   I would greatly appreciate any information as to how I can get this card
   working.

Well, it won't get the card working, but I can explain the IRQ 2/9 bit.

IRQ2 and IRQ9 are the same.  Originally PCS only had 8 hardware interrupts.
When they decided to add more, they hooked a further eight onto IRQ2,
making IRQ9 mimic IRQ2 for compatability.

Now, didn't that help !!?!

Brian
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