On Fri, 9 Oct 1998, Bryan Scaringe wrote:
>
> I am trying to setup a PCI PnP ethernet card on my system.
> I'm running into some problems...
Basically, PnP is short for ISA PnP. PCI always has "PnP-like" features
built in, that is, the BIOS always chooses IRQ and IO for the card (within
a range that the card supports). Normally these settings are autodetected
at boot time by the PCI code (try cat /proc/pci|more), so there should be
no need to know them.
> 1) I don't know how to manipulate PCI PnP devices. When
> my system starts up, the PnP BIOS lists all ISA PnP
> devices, not PCI devices. isapnpdump only dumps info
It't not called ISApnpdump for nopthing...
> on my SBAWE64, not the ethernet card. I know the card
> works, because I dual-boot to Windows, and It sees it
> just fine. I can even manipulate IRQ and I/O settings.
> Any support for PCI PnP?
as I said, PCI is always "PnP"
>
> 2) Between my Mitsumi CD controller, and the SBAWE64, damn
> near every I/O location bellow 0x03FF is taken. Originally
> Windows put the I/O base of my Ether card way up at 0x1000.
> Since the card is PnP, I could set the card to another base.
That's not really high for a PCI card.
> The lowest was 0x0400, so the card now resides at
> 0x0400-0x0475. Now, my understanding is that PnP devices
> are set up by BIOS during start-up, (I have my BIOS's "PnP OS
> Installed?" set to FALSE,) and that it could potentially
> choose bizare values. How can I see if my card has been
> allocated an I/O base, and what that I/O base is?
>
> Incidently, the card is made by NetSurf, and is a DEC-21041
> based card. 10/100Mbps.
should work without problems (AFAIK)
>
> I'm sure there will be more questions to come, but these are
> a good starting point.
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan Scaringe
>
Frank
