if you do a " modprobe ne io=0x280 irq=10 " does your redhat complains?
if it does, what is the error message?
On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Ronneil Camara wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jackson Ching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 8:18 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [plug] Network Card
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > >hello. try turning off the pnp option of your e2000+ card.
> > boot to dos, and lod
> > >up your NIC's setup program, assign a free irq and i/o value
> > and tell this to
> > >your linux box in linuxconf->networking->client tasks->basic host
> > >information->adapter settings.
> >
> > i have set the NIC to jumperless already with irq 10
> > and i/o address 0x280
>
> Try moving the 0x280 IO address off the second choice in netcard_portlist[]
> __initdata. Move it in the first. It should be something one like this
>
> # You can find this in line 71 of ne.c
>
> static unsigned int netcard_portlist[] __initdata = {
> 0x280, 0x300, 0x320, 0x340, 0x360, 0x380, 0
> };
>
> I really had a problem with ne2000 when I was still using slackware. I had
> to manually edit ne.c and recompile my kernel. But this works fine for me.
> Siya nga pala, you can find it under /usr/src/linux/drivers/net.
>
> >
> > doing netconf is the same right? i have tried setting
> > the irq and i/o with 10 and 0x280 respectivly (configuration
> > of the card)
> > but it did not work. I notice that when i execute the netconf
> > command again, the value for the irq and i/o is already gone. why?
> >
> > How do i check if that irq and i/o is already used by
> > other devices?
>
> cat /proc/interrupts
>
> >
> > During boot up, when the initializing network card
> > interface is always failed...
> >
> > >i don't quite trust linux's pnp yet, especially when it
> > comes to NICs.
>
> Yeah, I TOTALLY AGREE with you!!! I think only with ne2000. It's ok with
> 3com, intel express family.
>
>
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