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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!news.dell.com!tadpole.com!uunet!tinman2!tdphette From: tdphette@mke.ab.com (Thad Phetteplace x4461) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Installing a 3C509 in an EISA system Date: 8 Jun 1994 17:01:10 GMT Organization: Allen-Bradley Co. Lines: 42 Message-ID: <2t4tgmINN4d2@scarecrow.mke.ab.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: tinman.mke.ab.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hi, I am trying to install a 3C509 ethernet card in my new FreeBSD-1.1-RELEASE system but can't get the system to recognize the thing. I had no trouble getting one to work in my ISA system, but I am having no luck with my EISA system. Is there some sort of flag or define I should know about when compiling a kernel for an EISA system? I suspect I am having problems with the whole ISA/EISA base address thing, but I don't know the right way to handle it. I've checked out the FAQ, release note, install notes, and surfed the news groups with no luck. Any help would be appreciated. I have the following hardware: Compaq-M 55Mhz/DX2 with 8MB RAM 120 MB Conner IDE drive 3c509-TP (configured to use the AUI port) And I have the follwing line in my kernel config file: device ep0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 10 vector epintr The EISA config process for adding a new card went smoothly, but I noticed that configuring the card for an eisa system seems to exclude setting a base address. I think I am missing somthing obvious here. Thanks in advance, Thad Phetteplace Network Systems Analyst, Allen-Bradley Co. Phone: (414)382-4461 Email: tdphette@mke.ab.com -- Thad Phetteplace Network Systems Analyst, Allen-Bradley Co. Phone: (414)382-4461 Email: tdphette@mke.ab.com The opinions expressed here are entirely my own and not that of my employer. I am not a slob, I am simply doing an experiment in domestic entropy!