Subject: RE: Multia pcmcia NIC adapter... I can't get it up!
To: 'Manuel Bouyer' <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
From: David Woyciesjes <DAW@yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu>
List: port-alpha
Date: 04/26/2000 11:41:19
It's a "3Com 3C589C Etherlink III LAN PC Card" --- "PCMCIA2.0/2.1 and PC
Card Standard".
A different riser card exists for the Multia that has a PCI slot on it, but
they cost about $70 from Starship Computers...
Maybe someone has one they know of at a better price?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Manuel Bouyer [SMTP:bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 11:25 AM
> To: David Woyciesjes
> Cc: port-alpha@netbsd.org; 'sinteur'
> Subject: Re: Multia pcmcia NIC adapter... I can't get it up!
>
> On Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 11:04:24AM -0400, David Woyciesjes wrote:
> > > --- And now for 'dmesg' output....
> >
> > I can't see anything that looks like a 3com board here. There's
> > something
> > really strange.
> > Can you put it in a PC and check that it works with NetBSD ?
> >
> > --
> > Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.
> > Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
> > --
> >
> > Well, here is a previous message... So now, do I try the Intel
> EtherExpress
> > PRO/100 PC card (16bit) that I have, find a PCI riser card for my
> Multia? Or
> > put support for the 3Com in the kernel? I don't think I have the
> necessary
> > knowledge to tweak the kernel. I only know how to use Linux...(sort of)
>
> Just to make sure ... this 3com board is PCI, rigth ?
>
> --
> Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI. Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
> --