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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!news.mira.net.au!inquo!in-news.erinet.com!imci5!pull-feed.internetmci.com!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!gw2.att.com!news.PBI.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!dhesi.a2i!dhesi From: Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@rahul.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: FYI: SMC Ultra Ethernet memory address confusion & hint Date: 29 Apr 1996 08:34:43 GMT Organization: a2i network Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4m1uv3$hj6@samba.rahul.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: waltz.rahul.net NNTP-Posting-User: dhesi Something I did not find in any of the FAQs and had to discover for myself after pulling out a few hairs: When using an SMC Ultra Ethernet card, you will set its memory address as a four-digit hex number, e.g.: cc00. However, you must add a trailing zero to this when telling FreeBSD the memory address to use, e.g., 0xcc000. -- Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@rahul.net> "please ignore Dhesi" -- Mark Crispin <mrc@CAC.Washington.EDU>