On Nov 3, John Kohl wrote
> MB> ep1 at pcmcia0 function 0 port 0x400-0x40f: 3Com 3C589 Ethernet
> MB> ep1: MAC address 00:20:af:df:9e:f1
> MB> ep1: write 0x7ff to TX_AVAIL_THRESH, read back 0x7aa, Interface disabled
> MB> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> MB> [...]
> 
> This sounds like ISA port mapping/decoding problems.  Try wiring down
> the base address for PCIC ISA port allocations, with something like this
> in your kernel config file:
> 
> options PCIC_ISA_ALLOC_IOBASE=0x380	# 0x400 doesn't work--address lines?
> options PCIC_ISA_ALLOC_IOSIZE=0x80

I patched the 1.3_ALPHA floppy's kernel to use these adresses and send the
new floppy to Marc. The board seems to work fine now (at last it can be
ifconfig'ed).

Now to find an adress range which works on all laptops :)

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