Subject: Re: two ep at isa cards (3c509)
To: Herb Peyerl <hpeyerl@beer.org>
From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.3miasto.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 07/25/2001 15:37:38
> Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.3miasto.net> wrote:
> > how should i configure them?
> >
> > ep0 at isa0 port ? irq ?
> > ep1 at isa0 port ? irq ?
> >
> > or
> >
> > ep0 at isa0 port <what_i_set_with_doc_program> irq <what...>
> > ep1 at isa0 port <what_i.....> irq <what i....>
> >
>
> I would configure them at least specifically with some specifier
> like irq at least. The problem being that with the 3com's, the order
> in which they appear on the bus, or rather, the order in which they
> get attached, is specific to the macaddr, iirc. So the card you make
> 'ep1' now, might later become 'ep0' if you replace the other one or
> remove it or whatever.
but with same cards will the order be the same every each reboot?