Subject: Re: 1.3 + 3Com PCMCIA problem in i386
To: David Brownlee <abs@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Arne Helme <arne@huygens.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 02/12/1998 11:25:36
In message <Pine.NEB.3.96.980211135924.276D-100000@sublimation.anim.dreamworks.
com>, 
David Brownlee writes:
>On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Sami Laine wrote:
>
>> From: Sami Laine <lane@netti.fi>
>
>> I just installed 1.3 (fresh install) into my laptop, i386, and even got it
>> up and running in less than 45 minutes. After initial installation I ran
>> into some trouble: I have no idea which minor/major should I assing to
>> /dev/ep? devices in order to use 3Com Etherlink III in PCMCIA slot.
>> 
>	Ethernet devices do not have nodes in /dev.
>
>> I guess answer is already installed into my laptop, but where should I look
>> for minor/major numbers for devices MAKEDEV doesn't support (I guess there
>> is need for /dev/pcic? devices too)?
>> 

With the new PCMCIA code, can I configure port and irq for a PCMCIA
card in the kernel config file?  I am trying to install a 3COM 3C589
PCMCIA card under NetBSD 1.3/-current on an IBM ThinkPad 560, but I
believe that the allocated port range for the card is already in use
by some other device.  

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