I had the same problem with the generic Kernel and a Anthem NE2000.

1) Does the IRQ and Base Port Address on the card match what the el0   
settings are?

2) Does the card conflict with any other devices in your system (SCSI   
cards come to mind)?

3) Can you verify that the cards even work under any other circumstances?   
 Try getting on ftp.3com.com /pub/adapters/3c501.zip.  There is a   
diagnostics program part of this zip file.

jam
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From:  owner-port-i386[SMTP:owner-port-i386@NetBSD.ORG]
Sent:  Tuesday, October 10, 1995 2:37 AM
To:  netbsd-users; port-i386
Subject:  [Help] el0 interface problems


Hi.

  I just picked up another machine here, a 486/33, and installed 1.0
  on it. Works nicely.

  I got ahold of 2 network cards, 8-bit ISA things. My friend claims
  that they're 3c501's, but the only thing on the card is a sticker
  that says "Ether 2000".

  Anyways. I built some kernels, and got the card recognized as

    el0 at isa0 port 0x300-0x303 irq 9el0: address 02:60:8c:d0:17:7d

  so the kernel [apparently] likes the card.

  Now, I can't get the local net going, because there's no man page
  for the el0 interface! it's not there! look yourselves! (keep in
  mind, these are both 1.0 systems - have things changed in -current?)

  I've played with ifconfig till the cows come home, but no dice.

  If anyone could point me to the link? options or other docs on
  this interface, please give me a mail.

Thanks, Colin.


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Colin Bradley
fox@cs.mcgill.ca fox@bunyip.com
http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~fox
"Aha! Tostitos salsa!"