Subject: Re: Problems getting i386 talking to sparc with ethernet
To: David Gilbert <dgilbert@jaywon.pci.on.ca>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/11/1996 16:22:22
On Mon, 11 Mar 1996 00:07:16 -0500 (EST) 
 David Gilbert <dgilbert@jaywon.pci.on.ca> wrote:

 > 	I have a 3c509 here from work, too.  I tried putting it in,
 > and it is recognised as 'ep0' by NetBSD.  However, when I ifconfig it,
 > I get 'lpt0: out of paper' on the console.  When I try pinging through
 > the 3c509, it doesn't work, but it also doesn't respond with driver
 > timeouts like the ed2.

Sounds like you might have some sort of irq conflict?

 > configure it for the ed2 case.  It won't do irq9 (which is what ed0
 > says it wants when it boots), and it won't go into 0x250 (which is the
 > ed1 address).
[ . . . ]
 > 	Any ideas?  Can someone make me a kernel that will fit on a
 > floppy that has the NE2000 at 0x300 and irq2?

Umm, I thought irq 2 and irq 9 were the same thing...

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