Very Computer

Firstly, sorry for my English, its not good enough. Im from Spain.

    My computer does not detect my Ethernet card, 3c509B. This card
configuration is: PnP disabled, I/O port 0x300, interrupt 10. I have
compiled the kernel with support for the 3c509 card, I think at least.
DOS and W95 do detect the card and all tests I passed the card under
these systems have been ok. The computer only have a PCI card (video
card) and the ethernet card (ISA). By the way, when kernel probe PCI
hardware it gives me TWO warnings about PCI hardaware: something like
"unknown PCI hardware: vendor=8 .... contact .."; I only have one pci
card and obtain two warnings.
    With the 3c509B, the most surprising thing is that I have another
computer, DELL XPS 120Mhz with the same card 3c509 and I have no
problems at all. Both cards with the same configuration 0x300 i/o port,
interrupt 10. One computer detect it and another one does not. :-(((.
    I have even interchanged kernel files (vmlinuz) from Dell computer
to the bad one with no result.

    Main board in which Linux doesnt detect 3c509 card is a Pentium
P5I430VX-250 Explorer green.

    Could anyone help me ?.
    Thank you.

Besides from this, the pci-warnings are most likely not effecting
operation at all, as long as no driver is used which reads out the
pci-configuration. I've a P133 with Adaptec 2940, 3c900,
on-board-graphics and IO and got three or four warnings like you got, but
anything is running without problems after recompiling the kernel using
the right drivers (the messages stay).

Roland

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: Firstly, sorry for my English, its not good enough. Im from Spain.
:
:     My computer does not detect my Ethernet card, 3c509B. This card
: configuration is: PnP disabled, I/O port 0x300, interrupt 10. I have
: compiled the kernel with support for the 3c509 card, I think at least.
: DOS and W95 do detect the card and all tests I passed the card under
: these systems have been ok. The computer only have a PCI card (video
: card) and the ethernet card (ISA). By the way, when kernel probe PCI
: hardware it gives me TWO warnings about PCI hardaware: something like
: "unknown PCI hardware: vendor=8 .... contact .."; I only have one pci
: card and obtain two warnings.
:     With the 3c509B, the most surprising thing is that I have another
: computer, DELL XPS 120Mhz with the same card 3c509 and I have no
: problems at all. Both cards with the same configuration 0x300 i/o port,
: interrupt 10. One computer detect it and another one does not. :-(((.
:     I have even interchanged kernel files (vmlinuz) from Dell computer
: to the bad one with no result.
:
:     Main board in which Linux doesnt detect 3c509 card is a Pentium
: P5I430VX-250 Explorer green.
:    
:     Could anyone help me ?.
:     Thank you.

Hi
Try to boot with the option :
eth0=0x300,10

Markus
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