Re: Winbond-based generic NICs
On Sun, Oct 24, 1999 at 12:51:49AM -0700, Aaron Van Couwenberghe wrote:
> Hi all -
> Trouble is, on this one machine I can't get the NIC driver to load :(.
>
> It has a winbond chip in it, and it's supposed to be 'ne2k compatible,'
> but the ne2k-pci module won't load. I get some of the more common module
> loading errors (device is busy... etc).
>
> My question is this: does anyone know what to do about not-quite ne2000
> clones (PCI) that won't probe? the card's plug and play, and the kernel sees
> it -- a cat of /proc/pci lists the NIC loud and clear, including IRQ and
> base I/O address.
Try also regular ISA NE2000 driver, then try SMCs drivers; if it don't
work, contact the NE2000 Maintainer (see /usr/doc/HOWTO/Ethernet-HOWTO)
And disable 'Plowed Pray' from your kernel
JY
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Jean-Yves F. Barbier <jybarbier@wanadoo.fr>
Function reject.
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