From: becker@super.org (Donald J. Becker) Subject: Re: D-link ethernet card and et 4000 Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1993 02:21:13 GMT
In article <26nr33INNk7g@srvr1.engin.umich.edu>,
horng ming tai <ming@engin.umich.edu> wrote:
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>Is there anyone has such problems? I have a sound blaster pro card and a
>Dlink ether net card on my machine. Each time I boot linux from the floopy
>disk, the linux will stop when it is checking the sound cards and CD-ROM
>drives. If I take the Dlink network card out, the linux runs very well.
>Are there anybody know what the problem is?
The problem is that some NE2000 clones have an always-active dataport
that traps probing drivers, and the new CDROM drivers aren't careful
about where they probe. There should be a work-around in pl13.
--Donald Becker becker@super.org IDA Supercomputing Research Center 17100 Science Drive, Bowie MD 20715 301-805-7482