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Re: 3Com905 and IRQ problem

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From: Yan, SY FUNG
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 00:00
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Did you try disable the PNP mode at DOS mode by using "3c9x5cfg". Then note
down the I/O port and IRQ. And set the same at LINUX.

Gilberto Alemanni wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have installed a ethernet board 3com905B-TXNM on an
> ASUS P3B-F motherboard. When I boot under Win98 there
> is no problem, the board is well recognised and  works
> fine.
>
> When I boot under RedHat 6.0 there is a trouble: the
> board is recognized , but the IRQ is set to 0:
>
> From dmesg:
>
> eth0: 3Com 3c905B Cyclone 100baseTx at 0xd000,  00:50:04:a8:ff:3e, IRQ 0
>  *** Warning: IRQ 0 is unlikely to work! ***
>
> when I try to set up the interface with ifconfig eth0 up,
> I get the message:
>
> SIOCSIFFLAGS: Ressource temporarly not aviable
>
> I tried in the BIOS setup to force to IRQ 11 the PCI slot
> where the board is installed, it didn't solve the problem.
>
> Can anyone help me ? Thanks.
>
> Regards
>
>                         Gilberto.
>
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From: "Yan, SY FUNG" <yan@hkbts.org.hk>
Subject: Re: 3Com905 and IRQ problem
Date: 2000/02/20
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