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From: Karl Wiebe <karl@dnai.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 3Com 509, "Erase pencil mark"
Date: 14 Feb 1996 20:23:06 GMT
Organization: Direct Network Access
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References: <MAGNER.96Feb8105020@hstud1.cs.uit.no> <4fdttj$8qo@hilbert.dnai.com> <4fg8hl$dn5@overload.lbl.gov>
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jin@gracie.lbl.gov (Jin Guojun[ITG]) wrote:
>In article <4fdttj$8qo@hilbert.dnai.com>, Karl Wiebe <karl@dnai.com> wrote:
>>magner@hstud1.cs.uit.no (Magne Rasmussen) wrote:
>>>Why does my kernel print this error when I try to bring it up
>>>with my 3Com Etherlink III 509 ISA Plug'n Play ethernet card?
>>
>>Because "Plug 'n Play" is a misnomer, it should be "Plug 'n Pray".
>>Disable Plug 'n Play with the setup disk. FreeBSD should then boot fine.
>>
>>--Karl
>
>Wrong! I patched 3C509 driver and everything works fine. My 20 FreeBSD
>machines boot very happy with Plug 'n Play enabled.
Well, I mean to have it boot *without* having to recompile the kernel.
If you have to patch the kernel, or boot -c and key things in, then I
don't think it can be called "Plug 'n Play"... Also, FreeBSD isn't the
only OS which has this trouble with the so-called PNP cards.
--Karl
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== Karl Wiebe == karl@dnai.com ==
"Order is a form of repetition compulsion" --Freud
"Order is a form of repetition compulsion" --Freud
"Order is a form of repetition compulsion" --Freud