Hi 

> Presumably these are ISA cards?  Not even PnP?
yes you are right, actually they are.

> Compare the options in the configuration
> software with what the kernel config can provide (almost anything,
Sorry but these are my first steps with NetBSD, i am a bit disapointed with 
Linux so i choose to try NetBSD. I will try, and see ;-)) 
I worst case, do i need to compile a new kernel? Where can i find the settings 
for the running kernel? 

Thomas








On Tuesday 15 April 2003 10:19, you wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 10:05:01AM +0200, Thomas Bohnert wrote:
> > i try to install three identical 3Com NICs on an old Pentium I. After
> > booting, the kernel recognizes the cards, but is not able to manage them.
> > The error maessage is something like:
> >
> > ep0 on address ... and irq 10
> > ep1 on address same than ep0 and irq 10, can't map io space!!
>
> Presumably these are ISA cards?  Not even PnP?
>
> > So i am not able to use the cards. After i remove 2 cards, lefting one,
> > this one is working fine.
> >
> > Does anybody know this problem, and hopefully its solution too?
>
> If you don't have the software to manage the cards, download it
> from the 3COM.COM site.  You'll need to adjust the card settings
> to be distinct for each card.  Compare the options in the configuration
> software with what the kernel config can provide (almost anything,
> really, the 3COM cards are quite sensible in that they can be
> queried for the configuration settings).
>
> ++L

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