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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!lll-winken.llnl.gov!enews.sgi.com!decwrl!pa.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!lkg.dec.com!thomas From: thomas@lkg.dec.com (Matt Thomas) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: SMC PCI Ethernet EtherPower supported on 2.0.5? Date: 4 Aug 1995 23:50:31 GMT Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 19 Sender: thomas@netrix.lkg.dec.com (Matt Thomas) Distribution: world Message-ID: <3vubo7$bsm@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> References: <3vs9m6$spk@paperboy.ids.net> <3vsmof$nnn@gate.sinica.edu.tw> Reply-To: thomas@lkg.dec.com NNTP-Posting-Host: netrix.enet.dec.com X-Newsreader: mxrn 6.18-30 In article <3vsmof$nnn@gate.sinica.edu.tw>, taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw (Brian Tao) writes: |>In article <3vs9m6$spk@paperboy.ids.net>, <green@ids.net> wrote: |>>Say - I went to try to install FBSD 2.0.5 on my Pentium machine with an |>>SMC PCI "EtherPower" ethernet card and had problems getting it to recognize |>>the card. |> |> Did you set the IRQ and port address on the card to match where |>the kernel thinks they should be? Or alternatively, boot with "-c" at |>the boot prompt and change the values in the kernel. This is PCI and (in this case) it really is plug and play. The driver and O/S get everything from the BIOS settings. In fact, PCI devices aren't even listed by "boot -c". -- Matt Thomas Internet: thomas@lkg.dec.com U*X Networking WWW URL: http://ftp.dec.com/%7Ethomas/ Digital Equipment Corporation Disclaimer: This message reflects my Littleton, MA own warped views, etc.