>        I just installed NetBSD 1.2 on my 486dx2-80 16mb.
>I've got a 3COM 3c509 network card. On bootup, the kernel
>delcares it is at irq 10, IO 300, which is fine.
>
>        I'm trying to get the network up so I can ftp the rest
>of the dist.
>       
>#ifconfig ep0 128.193.137.254 255.255.252.0
>stray interrupt 7
>stray interrupt 7
>#route add default 128.193.138.1
>
>and nothing works. The link light doesnt even come on on my hub.
>(It did when I ran the dos IPX drivers w/ the 3com driver). 
>I disabled my lpt port (irq 7), but it made no difference.

"ifconfig ep0 link0 link1" and the light should go on.

as for stray interrupt 7, that *is* the lpt device.  if disabling
it (where did you disable it?  cmos?  controller card?) doesn't
work, build the lpr device into your kernel and it will suck up
the stray interrupts.

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