Subject: Re: Problems getting i386 talking to sparc with ethernet
To: David Gilbert <dgilbert@jaywon.pci.on.ca>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/11/1996 16:22:22
On Mon, 11 Mar 1996 00:07:16 -0500 (EST)
David Gilbert <dgilbert@jaywon.pci.on.ca> wrote:
> I have a 3c509 here from work, too. I tried putting it in,
> and it is recognised as 'ep0' by NetBSD. However, when I ifconfig it,
> I get 'lpt0: out of paper' on the console. When I try pinging through
> the 3c509, it doesn't work, but it also doesn't respond with driver
> timeouts like the ed2.
Sounds like you might have some sort of irq conflict?
> configure it for the ed2 case. It won't do irq9 (which is what ed0
> says it wants when it boots), and it won't go into 0x250 (which is the
> ed1 address).
[ . . . ]
> Any ideas? Can someone make me a kernel that will fit on a
> floppy that has the NE2000 at 0x300 and irq2?
Umm, I thought irq 2 and irq 9 were the same thing...
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