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From: u8011841@cc.nctu.edu.tw ()
Subject: Moving ethernet card from IRQ2 to IRQ5 in 386BSD
Message-ID: <1992Oct1.162506.18691@debbie.cc.nctu.edu.tw>
Keywords: Ethernet card, IRQ, 386BSD
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Organization: National Chiao Tung University
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Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 16:25:06 GMT
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In the FAQ of 386bsd 0.1 question list 2.29, Terry mentioned that to
get rid of "startart" characters on the console people have reported that
moving the ethernet card to another IRQ also seems to solve the problem.
My quesion is: When I moved the NE2000 ethernet card from IRQ 2 to IRQ 5,
the kernel can still detect the presence of the card but report
ne0 ethernet address 00:.... at 0x300 irq 9 on isa
^^^^^
Therefore after execute the ifconfig and route command, the ftp can not
work.
In fact, the FAQ mentioned that "Ken Raeburn report that simply rebuilding
the kernel from supplied sources will get rid of it". But we prefered our
486 work for DOS & 386BSD. And IRQ set to 2 will halt the computer when run
the clarkson packet driver. It seems that VGA adapter use IRQ 2 too.
So, How do I tell the kernel that the ethernet card had been moved from
the default IRQ 2 to IRQ 5? Can somebody kindly to give me some help?
Thanks in advance
Shun-Jee Liu
liu@cmibm4.nctu.edu.tw