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Re: PCI NE2000 clone w/1.3.1, 2.0.30 kernel



On Fri, Apr 17, 1998 at 10:51:19PM -0400, jim wrote:
> Can someone give a hint as to what I need to do to use this card?
> /proc/pci reports
> 
> PCI devices found:
>   Bus  0, device  18, function  0:
>     Ethernet controller: Realtek 8029 (rev 0).
>       Medium devsel.  IRQ 12.  
>       I/O at 0x6500.
> 
> but "modprobe ne.o 0x6500" locks the system up...
That should be modprobe ne io=0x6500, but just use
  modprobe ne
The sentence of ne not probing should be clarified as this is only valid
for ISA cards. PCI NE2000 clones work well without specifying the io
address.

Nils

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