Re: 3c509 and 2.2r2 installation
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 11:15:44PM +0100, Harry Newton wrote:
> I'm having a little trouble doing an NFS install on a machine with a
> 3com 3c509 card ( 3 ports ) for Debian 2.2r2.
>
> I start the installation and after a while reach the stage where I
> need to load the module for this card: this I do and the module
> installation proceeds with no erros. ( I use the default settings of
> io=0 and irq=0 to probe the card. ) I then configure the
> network. However, although the settings reported by ifconfig eth0 are
> correct ( they are the same irq and io that do work with OpenBSD and
> NetBSD on the same machine ) nothing happens on the half-installed
> Debian: pinging other machines on the network fails to illicit any response.
>
> cat /proc/ioports gives the correct values, but cat /proc/interrupts
> shows 0 against the card/irq.
>
> lsmod shews the 3c509 module to be installed.
>
> Help ! I'm at a loss as to what the problem is, and I don't know what
> to do about it. Thanks for any help ...
>
When I do an install, I just look in the debian kernel-config files to see
which disk set works with my hardware, and use that.
Otherwise, don't specify any io or irq options for the module. Other than
that, I don't know since the 3 port card could do something special with the
driver.
Mike
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