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From: rick@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu (Richard Warner)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 3c509 not seen after reboot on 950412-SNAP (not on 950322)
Date: 9 May 1995 14:41:08 GMT
Organization: San Jose State University - Math/CS Dept
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Robert Sanders (rsanders@interbev.mindspring.com) wrote:
: 950412-SNAP (and -current) will recognize my 3c509 after a cold boot, but
: won't detect it after a reboot (shutdown -r).  Using the prompt from 
: "kernel -c" to probe for it, I get a message about "eeprom failed to come
: ready".  I don't see this behavior with 950322-SNAP.

: I'm using an ISA 3c509 configured at address 0x300 and irq 10.  Is this
: a known bug?

Do you have the 3C509 or the 3C509B?  If it is the latter, try turning
off 'Plug and Play' in the card setup.  Plug and Play tends to mess
up the auto-recognition sequences of a number of OS's.

- rick warner

: Thanks,
:   -- Robert