On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 08:17:05PM +1300, Ernst du Toit wrote:
> My guess is that the card is in isapnp mode when powered on. The kernel
> device probe then kicks the card out of isapnp mode into some default
> mode.
> 
> Maybe the device line in the kernel config file is not 100% for this
> 'default mode'- sometimes the IRQ may be wrong and you end up with a
> dysfunctional card that probes and sometimes ifconfigs if you're lucky.
> 
> Do you have any of the DOS utilities that came with these type cards to
> disable isapnp? The utilities may help to lock the card into a defined
> config, though some cards won't lock at all.
> 
> I think if you compile a kernel with isapnp - you end up with the problem
> I described before... better not to go there at all.
> 
> Gotta love ISAPNP - the ultimate hack for the computer illiterate masses...

Aye. a kernel with isapnp said no ISA PnP devices found. And I don't have
any of the dos boot disks with the 3c509 utils on them. If anybody does, and
can make an image of one, I'd appreciate it...

> > Weird, since I don't have isapnp in the kernel. I wonder if trying a
> > kernel
> > with isapnp would make a difference (and the ep0 configured to attach to
> > isapnp, of course..)
> >
> > -Sean
> 
> 
-Sean

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