Re: Mulitple 3c509 cards 2.4.x Kernel

[William Park]

On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 01:13:12PM -0400, Paul wrote:
> I have a x86 server with multiple(2) 3c509 cards. When I build the
> 3c509 driver into the kernel. It will only pick up a single card. The
> cards are NOT in pnp mode according to isapnp on boot. I have added:
> 
> append = "ether=3,0x300,0,0,eth0 ether=10,0x280,0,0,eth1"
> 
> to the lilo file and still only one card is detected. The io ports and
> irq's come direct from /proc with  the 2.2.13 kernel in place. There
> are no messages about anything failing, only the message that the one
> card was found. It appears the card on the higher io(0x300) is the
> only one that is ever found.
> 
> The machine is an old p100 with no no other cards except the video
> card.  I have tested this with every kernel from 2.4.0-testxx to the
> 2.4.6 kernel. I see nothing in the changelog for 2.4.7 that leads me
> to believe it is fixed in that kernel.
> 
> Please CC me on any reply or request as I am not a member of the list.
> 
> Thanks, Paul Stroud

Did you configure your cards (ie. IRQ, IO) using DOS driver or
'3c5x9setup.c'?  It could be that they are both waiting at the same
default irq/io.

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