On Sat, Dec 19, 1998 at 07:38:44PM +0100, Pierfrancesco Caci wrote:
>=20
> I've just installed a SCSI host adapter "Mylex Flashpoint LW (BT-950)"
> into my computer. Everything seemed ok until I realized that the
> Ethernet card, 3COM 3c509, ISA, _not_ plug and play, has stopped
> working. The network card is recognized by the kernel but no data goes
> over it.
> I can't see any obvious IRQ od I/O conflict:
>=20
> root@penny:/proc # cat interrupts=20
> CPU0 =20
> 0: 320416 XT-PIC timer
> 1: 4486 XT-PIC keyboard
> 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade
> 3: 7673 XT-PIC serial
> 4: 1678 XT-PIC serial
> 8: 0 XT-PIC rtc
> 10: 0 XT-PIC 3c509
> 11: 144 XT-PIC BusLogic BT-950
> 12: 25284 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
> 13: 1 XT-PIC fpu
> 14: 10354 XT-PIC ide0
> 15: 7 XT-PIC ide1
> NMI: 0
Looks like the 3c509 does not see the interrupts.
Could you look at the BIOS PnP/PCI settings. IRQ 10 must be marked as
legacy/old/non-PnP ... Depends on what configurational choice your BIOS
offers to you. An "auto" setting will probably come out wrong.
Nils
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