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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C)
Subject: Re: Moving ethernet card from IRQ2 to IRQ5 in 386BSD
Message-ID: <1992Oct2.052807.22711@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
Keywords: Ethernet card, IRQ, 386BSD
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Organization: Weber State University (Ogden, UT)
References: <1992Oct1.162506.18691@debbie.cc.nctu.edu.tw>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 92 05:28:07 GMT
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In article <1992Oct1.162506.18691@debbie.cc.nctu.edu.tw> u8011841@cc.nctu.edu.tw () writes:
> 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?
Modify the line:
device ne0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 2 vector neintr
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HERE!!!!!
in /usr/src/sys.386bsd/i386/conf/GENERICISA, re "config" and rebuild the
kernel. Sorry it's not easier.
Terry Lambert
terry@icarus.weber.edu
terry_lambert@novell.com
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