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From: pmh@ardbeg.islay.sub.org (Patrick M. Hausen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 3Com drivers
Date: 10 May 1996 20:06:23 +0200
Organization: Patrick M. Hausen - private site
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ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) writes:
>Kermit Tensmeyer (kermit@cnad.dl.nec.com) wrote:
>: The 3C579-TP (3C5X9) comes with a base address of 3000H. The drivers in the
>: freebsd distributions are looking for the ethernet board at a base address of
>: 300H.
>:
>: How do I adjust the drivers to use the address that the board uses?
>:
>: I'll take suggestion on altering the board, altering parameters or
>: information on rebuilding/compiling the system to use drivers to use the new
>: address.
>:
>: where are the ethernet drivers in the source tree?
>And I thought this was just Frank da Cruz trolling for attention. :)
You can't change the port address of an EISA board. It's hardwired to
0x1000 * <slot number>.
Unfortunately the 'visual' config option doesn't allow port addresses
greater than 0x1000. You have to use the non-visual mode of the
userconfig tool.
Or build a custom kernel _after_ installation, of course. If you depend
on the 3c579 for installation, use the method above.
Cheers, Paddy
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Patrick M. Hausen Gerwigstr. 11 76131 Karlsruhe pmh@islay.sub.org
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