Subject: Re: Unable to map device registers
To: C Kane <ckane+port-i386@best.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/27/2002 23:11:06
On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 03:58:38PM -0700, C Kane wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> During the kernel device discovery, I get messages like:
> 
>   tlp10 at pci5 dev 6 function 0: DECchip 21140A Ethernet, pass 2.2
>   : unable to map device registers
> 
> What does that mean, and how might it be fixed?
> 
> This system, a single P4, has five quad-port ethernet cards.
> tlp0 thru tlp9 are properly attached, but tlp10 thru tlp19 are not.
> If these cards are moved into a different system, a dual PPro, then
> all devices are properly attached.
> 
> Each onboard device that is turned off from the BIOS, like IDE or
> floppy or SCSI, enables an additional tlp* to attach.

Well, it looks like the BIOS has run out of resources to map the
device in I/O or memory space ...

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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