Subject: Re: Asante MacCON+ LC card on a LCIII doesn't work.
To: Skeelo <skeelo@white-dwarf.dyn.ml.org>
From: Paul Goyette <paul@whooppee.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/11/1998 15:51:21
Well, from the Slots output you posted, this is a card that obeys the
Cabletron software interface.  As near as I can tell from the source,
we don't support anything with the DrSw for Cabletron.  In fact, I'm
kind of surprised that we tried to attach it at all!

	Category = 0x0004 --> NUBUS_CATEGORY_NETWORK
	Type     = 0x0001 --> NUBUS_TYPE_ETHERNET
	DrSw     = 0x0001 --> NUBUS_DRSW_CABLETRON
	DrHw     = 0x010f --> NUBUS_DRHW_ASANTE_LC

In order to supoprt this card, you'll need to find out for sure that it
is a Sonic or 8390 chip-set, and you'll need to find out where in the
card's address space the control registers are located. You'll also need
to find out where to get the card's Burned-In Address...  And that's
just for starters!

On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, Skeelo wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've got a different card, a "DaynaPORT E/LC-M" which should be supported
> by the sn driver, but for some reason the ae driver tries to use it. 
> Attached is a picture of the slots output for this card. I don't have the
> chip number at the moment, but I'm sure it should be supported by sn not
> ae. 
> 
> If there's anything else you need don't hesitate to ask. I'd like to learn
> how to add support for a card under NetBSD, any pointers?
> 
> Thanks.
> 

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