Subject: Re: new amd64 users - buildin LAN problem
To: Matthias Scheler <tron@zhadum.de>
From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@tensor.3miasto.net>
List: port-amd64
Date: 07/22/2005 17:58:18
k> In article <Pine.NEB.4.62.0507221349010.5690@chylonia.3miasto.net>,
> 	Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@tensor.3miasto.net> writes:
>> so i tried -current, almost success but onboard LAN isn't configured
>> it looks it isn't even detected!
>
> Strange. It should show up as a PCI device.
>

it IS very strange as it worked in windoze XP on my friend's machine (same 
processor and motherboard).

i can install windoze if information can give any help.


>> 2) other problem - when i put some network card to PCI slot, it works but
>> strange messages appears like
>>
>> pci_intr_map: bus 2 dev 7 func 0 pin 4; line 10
>> pci_intr_map: no MP mapping found
>
> Try to comment out "MPBIOS" and enable ACPI instead.
>
OK thanks


> BTW: a general question: why is MPBIOS enabled by default and ACPI?
>     MPBIOS is an old and kind of obsolete standard. And all motherboards
>     supporting NetBSD-amd64 should have a working ACPI implementation.
>
> 	Kind regards
>
> -- 
> Matthias Scheler                                  http://scheler.de/~matthias/
>