Jeremy C. Reed skrev:

>On 9 Feb 2002, Iggy Drougge wrote:

>> Jeremy C. Reed skrev:
>>
>> >On Sat, 9 Feb 2002, [iso-8859-1] Nicolas Bill Russell wrote:
>>
>> >> And also, my ethernet is not detected but it's included in the hardware
>> >> devices list, it's a 3com 3c509B, why is that?
>>
>> >Not enough information.
>>
>> >This would be the ex(4) driver. Is your kernel built with it? (I assume it
>> >is, because it is by default for i386.)
>>
>> You mean ep(4).

>If I understand correctly, ex(4) is for PCI bus and ep(4) for ISA-type
>buses. The ep(4) manual says the PCI 3c90xB is not supported by ep(4) and
>that ex(4) should be used (for PCI).

The 3C509B is an ISA card. The Etherlink III PCI is the 3C590. Last time I
booted a BSD on a mchine with such a card, ISTR it was identified as an ep.

OTOH, the 3C9XX series is another cup of tea, that's the XL cards.

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