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From: goldberg@cs.ubc.ca (Murray W. Goldberg)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: 3COM 3c509B ethernet card - again
Date: 16 May 1995 21:37:44 -0700
Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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Message-ID: <3pbuioINNfhc@columbia.cs.ubc.ca>
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I've been reading the 3com 3c509B comments of late as I was having the same
problem. I tried the "link2" suggestion, but still have a problem. Has anyone
seen the following: (I've added the link2 argument to ifconfig, and the
card is configured at 0x300 IRQ 10.)
- when the card has plug-and-play enabled, at boot time I get a message like
this:
"ep0 at 0x300 in test mode - erase pencil mark
eeprom failed to come ready"
and the card does not work.
- when the card has plug-and-play disabled, the card is recognized nicely
at boot time (0x300 IRQ 10), and everyone seems happy until I get to the
point in the boot sequence when this message arrives:
"changing root device to sd0a"
At this point the machine hangs and needs to be rebooted.
Can anyone lead me down the path of success? Thanks - I'll read eagerly
awaiting your wisdom...
I was thinking IRQ conflict, but can't seem to find one (naive question: is
there an easy way to find the base addresses and IRQs for all devices in the
system? Some come up at boot but scroll right off the screen).
Murray W. Goldberg
goldberg@cs.ubc.ca
P.S. - for reference, my setup includes an intel premiere motherboard,
adaptec 2940W SCSI with 4 drives, SB16, 3c509B ethernet (of course), and
Mach 64, 4-meg video...