Uh, yep, you're quite correct. You caught me in one of my better
'stupid moments'. 8-0
Either way, I would still check the config of the NIC using 3Com's DOS
config utility. There is also some tests in that utility, to check out the
card.
	Another little thing I always do is to disable (in the bios) any
ports I'm not using, to free up resources. Now that I mention that,
something tells me that that doesn't make a difference. IIRC, someone said
that NetBSD doesn't really check with the BIOS for HDD geometry. Is that
correct, and does it apply to the COM and LPT ports?

---   David A Woyciesjes
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> ----------
> From: 	jnemeth@victoria.tc.ca
> Sent: 	Wednesday, February 14, 2001 7:16 AM
> To: 	David Woyciesjes; port-i386@netbsd.org
> Subject: 	RE: Thinkpad docking station
> 
> On Jul 5,  6:06am, David Woyciesjes wrote:
> } -> -----Original Message-----
> } -> From: jnemeth@victoria.tc.ca [mailto:jnemeth@victoria.tc.ca]
> } -> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 12:17 AM
> } -> To: port-i386@netbsd.org
> } -> Subject: Thinkpad docking station
> } -> 
> } -> 
> } ->      I have an IBM TP380ED thinkpad with a docking station.  
> } -> The docking
> } -> station has a 3Com 905 in it, which works in Windows 98, but 
> } -> doesn't work in
> } -> NetBSD 1.5.  dmesg simply says:
> } -> 
> } -> ex0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0: can't map i/o space
> } -> 
> } -> Does anybody have any ideas?  I have added the patch to fix 
> } -> the npx intr
> } -> problem.
> }
> } Have you tried disabling Plug 'N Pray on the NIC? I'had to do that for
> my
> } 3C509Bs to get 1.4.2 to see them correctly...
> 
>      Umm, "Plug 'N Pray" is an ISA bus featuree.  The 3C905 is a PCI
> card, which is even shown in the dmesg output that I gave.  This is not
> in the least bit relevant.
> 
> }-- End of excerpt from David Woyciesjes
> 
>