Subject: Inspiron 8100: NetBSD/ex0 timeout
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Berndt Josef Wulf <wulf@dingo.ping.net.au>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/07/2002 01:08:32
G'day,

I'm trying to configure an internal 3COM mini-pci ethernet for a
Inspiron 8100 laptop. The following is the kernel output for this
device:

ex0 at pci2 dev 6 function 0: 3Com 3c556 MiniPCI 10/100 Ethernet (rev.
0x10)
ex0 interrupting at irq 10
ex0 MAC address 00:04:76:4c:9a:55
tqphy0 at ex0 phy 0: 78Q2120 10/100 media interface, rev. 11
tqphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
3Com product 0x1007 (miscellaneous communications, revision 0x10) at
pci2 dev 6 function 1 not configured

When configuring ex0 using ifconfig the following message gets printed
to the console:

/netbsd: ex0: device timeout

This interface works fine using Windows XP.

From the documentation it appears that the ex* device is correct. However,
it seems not to work. Which is the correct driver and configuration to
be used in conjuction with the 3Com 3c556 MiniPCI? It appears that
whilst packets are sent out by this interface, it doesn't seem to
receive the replies.

Kernel: NetBSD-1.5.1

Any ideas?

Many thanks in advance

cheerio Berndt
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