Have you checked the FAQ:

http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/i386/faq.html#thinkpad

		David/absolute

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On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Allen D. Ball wrote:

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> Hello,
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> I am trying to get a 3Com 3C589D to work with my ThinkPad 560E.  I am now
> running 1.3.3, but I had the same problem with 1.3.2.  The kernel seems to
> recognize the card, but disables the interface.  The dmesg output is:
> 
> pcic0 at isa0 port 0x3e0-0x3e1 iomem 0xd0000-0xd3fff: using irq 4
> pcic0: controller 0 (Cirrus PD672X) has sockets A and B
> pcic0: controller 1 (Intel 82365SL Revision 1) has sockets A and B
> pcmcia0 at pcic0 controller 0 socket 0
> pcmcia0: CIS version 2.0 or 2.01
> pcmcia0: CIS info: 3Com Corporation, 3C589D, TP/BNC LAN Card Ver. 2a, 000002
> pcmcia0: Manufacturer code 0x101, product 0x589
> pcmcia0: function 0: network adapter, ccr addr 10000 mask 3
> pcmcia0: function 0, config table entry 1: I/O card; irq mask ffff; iomask 4,
> iospace 0-f; rdybsy_active wp_active bvd_active io8 io16 irqlevel
> pcmcia0: function 0, config table entry 3: I/O card; irq mask ffff; iomask 4,
> iospace 0-f; rdybsy_active wp_active bvd_active io8 io16 irqlevel
> ep0 at pcmcia0 function 0 port 0x330-0x33f: 3Com 3C589 Ethernet
> ep0: MAC address 00:10:4b:a2:66:3e
> ep0: wrote 0x7ff to TX_AVAIL_THRESH, read back 0xfffc. Interface disabled
> 
> Can anyone offer any clues?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Allen
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