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From: randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess)
Subject: Re: [386BSD] WD8003E card doesn't work
Message-ID: <ByysM0.3M9@chinet.chi.il.us>
Keywords: ethernet, 386BSD, WD8003E
Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX
References: <1992Dec8.144009@cs.utwente.nl>
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1992 23:44:23 GMT
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In article <1992Dec8.144009@cs.utwente.nl> roana@cs.utwente.nl (V.O.F. Roana Technologies) writes:
>  I'm trying to use a WD8003E (8-bit) ethernet card with 386bsd 0.1. Although
>386bsd recognizes the card as we0 (and correctly displays our ethernet
>address), I can't send or receive any frames with it. Everytime I have another
>computer send a frame to 386bsd, 386bsd says 'reject 65531'.
>
	Either change the interrupt in your SYSTEMNAME file in 
	/usr/src/sys.*/i386/conf to something other than 2, or
	remove the other ethernet card definitions in the same
	file.  Recompile the kernel, and all works.  Same thing
	applies to the ne2000 driver.


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Randy Suess					 randy@chinet.chi.il.us