Creating a /dev/ae0 won't help.  If the kernel's autoconfig process says
that the device is not configured, there's nothing you can do to make it
work, short of writing/updating the driver to recognize the card.

I'm kinda surprised, though, since your chip's number looks like it should
be supportable by the current driver.  :(

 On Wed, 24 Sep 1997, Luca Falzoni wrote:

> At 18:45 +0200 22-09-1997, Colin Wood wrote:
> 
> >> The documentation says that the DaynaPORT E/II(St.) has not a sonic chip.
> >
> >Can you look on the card and see what kind of chip it is?  There should be
> >at least 1 fairly large chip on the card.  Hopefully, it'll have something
> >like DP8390 or perhaps DP83902V on it.  Either way, if your card is not
> >recognized right off, it might be fairly easy to get working.
> 
> Yes, there is a chip labeled: DP83902AVLJ.
> I have tried 1.2.1 and that's dmesg says:
> 
> Unknown ethernet drsw: 115
> nubus0: slot9: Ethernet card (Vendor: Dayna Communications inc., Part:
> SMALL-ALABAMA_ROM) not configured
> 
> Then I have booted with the latest kernel (1.2.1 tarballs, not so ordinary !):
> 
> nubus0: slot9: Ethernet card (Vendor: Dayna Communications inc., Part:
> SMALL-ALABAMA_ROM) Type: 0004 0001 0115 0100 not configured
> 
> In either configuration I tried ifconfig wich always returned with an
> error: SIOCGFFLAGS: Device not configured.
> This happens even in the boot process with hostname.ae file configured.
> 
> Should I create an ae0 device ?  (./MAKEDEV ae0 doesn't work)
> Now ?  Proceed installing -current ?
> 
> Thank you all
> 
> --
> falzoni@jetai.unipv.it
> falzoni@mediapoint.it
> http://www.mediapoint.it/mac
> 
> 
> 

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