[realtek] base address of nic card

Donald Becker becker@scyld.com
Mon, 7 May 2001 12:40:17 -0400 (EDT)


On 7 May 2001, Nilesh  Modi wrote:

> how can i get the base address of nic card ? is it stored in some
> registers ? please don't direct me to any function of linux as i  m
> writing driver in assembly. 

Ohhh, you are not going to get very far without understanding the PCI
bus.  And the BIOS functions for accessing PCI config space, perhaps
combined with the two direct hardware access methods.

I suggest that you read a PCI bus primer before starting on the driver.

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