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Re: 3c509 driver
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (lai wai kuen)
Wed Aug 30 08:08:15 1995
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 11:08:38 +0800 (HKG)
From: lai wai kuen <lai@amh.hk.super.net>
To: Jason Duerstock <kendall.mdcc.edu!jduersto@HK.Super.NET>
cc: cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov!becker@HK.Super.NET,
vger.rutgers.edu!linux-net@HK.Super.NET
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9508291302.A16443-0100000@kendall.mdcc.edu>
On Tue, 29 Aug 1995, Jason Duerstock wrote:
> I'm running a P-75 (Triton chip set) with Linux 1.2.8 and 1.3.21, and
> it's having trouble detecting the card. If I load LSL and 3C5X9 (the DOS
> ODI driver) first, and then load the kernel with loadlin, everything
> works fine. However, if I boot with no drivers and then load the kernel
> via loadlin, it fails to detect the card.
>
> I put in some code to trace down the error, and it chokes here:
>
> /* Set the adaptor tag so that the next card can be found. */
> outb(0xd0 + ++current_tag, ID_PORT);
>
> /* Activate the adaptor at the EEPROM location. */
> outb(0xff, ID_PORT);
>
> EL3WINDOW(0);
> if (inw(ioaddr) != 0x6d50) /* This returns 0xffff when the
> ODI driver is not loaded */
> return -ENODEV;
>
> Any idea what's going on?
>
> Jason Duerstock
> jduersto@kendall.mdcc.edu
> jasond@mdcs2.cs.mdcc.edu
>
Is the 3c509 card's plug and play mode turned ON? If so, try
to turn it off. It may help.
Wai-Kuen Lai (Mr.)
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