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From: Douglas Mandell <dem@sprocket.dolby.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: IRQ et al for Intel EtherExpress 16?
Date: 25 Sep 1996 12:34:51 -0700
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Anomaly <Anomaly@bga.com> writes:

> 
> I noticed in the NetBSD installation docs that many devices must be 
> configured at certain IRQ's and io addresses - yet it does not mention 
> any specific IRQ ora addr for the EtherExpress card. Currently I have it 
> configured at IRQ=10 and IOADDR=0x0300 and when the system is loading it 
> reports that I have an "ie0 : unknown AT&T type card code 15". Are there 
> specific IRQ and IOADDR necessary for the EtherExpress and if so what 
> are they. Thanks yet again.
> 
> Phillip Smith
> Anomaly@bga.com

From examining the configuration files on my system in
/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/conf, it would seem that the EtherExpress 16 uses the
same driver as the StarLAN and the 3C507.  The INSTALL file shows these
requiring the following configuration:

AT&T StarLAN 10, EN100, or StarLAN Fiber, or 3COM 3c507 Ethernet boards
		ie0	0x360	7		iomem 0xd0000

in other words, set the IOADDR to 0x360, the interrupt to 7, and the I/O memory
buffer to 0xd0000.  I'm using a 3COM 3C507 in my sytem comfigured this way, but
I don't have an EtherExpress to try, so I'm not sure if this is exactly right.
At least it's something to try.

--Douglas Mandell