From: adams@pdv2.fmr.maschinenbau.th-darmstadt.de (Adams) Subject: Re: [Q] SLS+0.99+TCPIP+SMC16 Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 16:54:10 GMT
In article <865@blue.cis.pitt.edu> broadley@lrdc5 (Bill Broadley) writes:
> I just got and read the new NET FAQ for 0.99 and still can't get anything
> to work. During bootup I get the syntax for /usr/etc/inet/config displayed
> twice during boot up. I am fairly sure I answered all the
> /usr/etc/inet/install.inet problems appropiately. I know that the IRQ and I/O
> address's are right, (IRQ 5 And i/o 280) becuase dos uses them and works.
> Also the memory address were right stock (D0000).
> One other strange thing is when I soft boot into dos, the tcpip there doesn't
> work, but if I hard boot into dos it does. (this is reliable). Seems that
> linux is locking up the ELITE SMC 16 card somehow.
Did you ensure:
-) No overlapping address ranges, D0000 may be a little bit
dangerous. (everyone believes it is free -- granted )
-) Did you attach the card to a known working net
(termination 2*50 Ohms, R58 A/U or C/U cable )
-) no conflicting IRQs?
Advice: Boot DOS, get EZsetup-disk and test your card with "diagnose".
IT IS WISE, not to use the defaults and keeping out of
any dangerous area. We ere successful with:
-) soft setup
-) IRQ 10 ( as IRQ 11 is often used by Adaptec )
-) Address D8000
AND edit space.h accordendly!!!! Recompile
There were declaration in we.c like "struct ring xxx". I propose
to declare them volatine, as they reference shared memory
between Ethernet controller and CPU.
best adams