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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!caen!hellgate.utah.edu!fcom.cc.utah.edu!cs.weber.edu!terry 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 Sender: news@fcom.cc.utah.edu Organization: Weber State University (Ogden, UT) References: <1992Oct1.162506.18691@debbie.cc.nctu.edu.tw> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 92 05:28:07 GMT Lines: 43 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 ^ | 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 --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I have an 8 user poetic license" - me Get the 386bsd FAQ from agate.berkeley.edu:/pub/386BSD/386bsd-0.1/unofficial -------------------------------------------------------------------------------