[vortex] help with 3com nic

[David Pitts]

Nathan,
Look at the following URL

http://www.scyld.com/expert/irq-conflict.html

More than likely you have to assign your pci card to bus 0.  This can only
be done by the BIOS, so you will have to reboot and enter "Setup" mode
(usually F1) during the boot process.

Thanks,

David
David Pitts
President, Pitts Technical Resources, Inc
(859) 971-2255
www.dpitts.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan Kontny" <n_kontny@yahoo.com>
To: <vortex@scyld.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 8:49 AM
Subject: [vortex] help with 3com nic


> Hello, i need help here to. It looks like my ethernet
> card isn't configured properly but I don't know what
> to do.
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> I am using the 3c59x driver for a 3com 3c900B card.
> when i read dmesg|more i see that the driver was
> initialized but is using an irq=0 and has some other
> stuff with it. :
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> 3c59x.c:v0.99H 11/17/98 Donald Becker
> http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html
>   The PCI BIOS has not enabled the device at 0/80.
> Updating PCI command 0013->0017.
> eth0: 3Com 3Com Boomerang (unknown version) at 0x1080,
>  00:01:02:44:e1:1f, IRQ 0
>  *** Warning: IRQ 0 is unlikely to work! ***
>   8K byte-wide RAM 5:3 Rx:Tx split,
> autoselect/Autonegotiate interface.
>   MII transceiver found at address 24, status 182d.
>   Enabling bus-master transmits and whole-frame
> receives.
> PCI: Enabling bus mastering for device 00:0a
> usb-ohci.c: USB OHCI at membase 0xcb857000, IRQ 11
> usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
> usb.c: USB new device connect, assigned device number
> 1
> hub.c: USB hub found
> hub.c: 2 ports detected.
>
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> ok, so then i try and do:
>  ifconfig eth0
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr
> 00:01:02:44:E1:1F
>           BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING  MTU:1500
> Metric:1
>           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
> frame:0
>           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
> carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
>           Base address:0x1080
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> i do ifconfig eth0 irq 5 (since in windows it says the
> nic is at this irq) and i get:
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> SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailable
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> Any ideas guys on what to do?
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