On Mon, 17 Apr 2000, Brett Lymn wrote:

> According to Paal Halvorsen:
> >
> >I have a SMC, EZ PC Card 10 which is NE2000 compatible, and when booting,
> >the /var/run/dmesg.boot says
> >
> >SMC, EZCard-10-pcmcia, SMC8022, R01 (manufacturer 0x108, product 0x8022)
> >function 0 not configured
> >
> >which should mean that no driver is available!!??
> >
> 
> This is correct.  One question:  The line from dmesg.boot you have
> given, is that _exactly_ what appears there?  The model string for
> that card does not match what you have written above which may be why
> your card is not recognised....

I think this is correct. It is denoted SMC8022T on the packet from the
supplier, and it should be Novell NE2000 compatible.

> >I have looked at the "basic NetBSD networking" docs, and configured my
> >"/etc/" files as on another PC runnig NetBSD. My /dev/ does not contain a
> >ne1, ne2, ne0, or ne* device!!?
> >
> 
> That is normal - you will not see any network card devices in /dev, to
> show the available network interfaces you need to do:
> 
> ifconfig -a
> 
> >Is there anyone who has experience of setting up the network connection
> >with a pcmcia network card who can give me some hint of what to do?
> >
> 
> The kernel needs to be made to recognise the card first.  Once
> ifconfig shows a ne* device you can treat it like any other network
> device on the machine.

Will the kernel automatically detect a "known" card, i.e., a NE2000
compatible card? How do you make the kernel to recognise the card?

Best regards,
Paal Halvorsen