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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoknor.edu!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!news.uoregon.edu!news.u.washington.edu!spleen.apl.washington.edu!user From: kargl@apl.washington.edu (Steven G. Kargl) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 3COM 3c509B ethernet card - again Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 10:39:41 -0700 Organization: Applied Physics Lab/University of Washington Lines: 38 Message-ID: <kargl-1705951039410001@spleen.apl.washington.edu> References: <3pbuioINNfhc@columbia.cs.ubc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: nntp3.u.washington.edu In article <3pbuioINNfhc@columbia.cs.ubc.ca>, goldberg@cs.ubc.ca (Murray W. Goldberg) wrote: > 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). Boot with the -c option. This will give you everything you want. Boot: -c You might need to disable other drivers at 0x300 irq 10; ie. ix0, wt0, ... -- Steven G. Kargl Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington Seattle, WA 98105