Finally the HP PC Lan card is working.

Anyone has a similar problem can get the HP driver to determine the io, irq
and drq.

The diagnostic file is j2405a.exe. Any one needs it can contact me.

David Kwok
----- Original Message -----
From: dkwok <dkwok@iware.com.au>
To: Andrew Gillham <gillham@vaultron.com>
Cc: <port-i386@netbsd.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: HP PC LAN (AMD 79C960 LANCE) NIC


> Andrew
>
> The irq and drq were all invented. I did not what to use. So I have to
check
> irq and drq by trial and error. Would the system detect by putting "?" on
> the kernel conf file?
>
> I 'll also try to put the card on a windoz machine.
>
> David
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Andrew Gillham <gillham@vaultron.com>
> To: dkwok <dkwok@iware.com.au>
> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 10:23 AM
> Subject: Re: HP PC LAN (AMD 79C960 LANCE) NIC
>
>
> > dkwok writes:
> > >
> > > But I can only get to this far.
> > >
> > > The device timed out.
> >
> > Are you sure about the IRQ and DRQ?  Or was that just the default?
> > Probably the device times out because it never receives an interrupt.
> >
> > Do you have any way to boot another OS like DOS or Windows and try to
> > load drivers there?  That might provide you with the information.
> > Also, have you tracked down any hardware documentation on the HP card
> > that might suggest what IRQ values are supported?  Then you could search
> > those also.
> >
> > -Andrew
> >
>
>