Re: [Etherboot-developers] NE2k probing

[bcrawford <bcr...@ho...>]

Ken Yap wrote:

> >Sorry if this is an FAQ.  I am trying to get etherboot to pick up my
> >ne2000 isa nic on 0x240..
> >Currently, it fails booting of a floppy saying:
> >Probing...[NE*000]No adapter found<sleep>
> >
> >most programs that I have used on this card fail to pick it up on this
> >port, so I normally have to force it.
> >
> >Could someone point me in the general direction of where/what I would
> >have to edit to get autoprobing to look on 0x240 for this card, or even
> >a way to hard code it onto this address?
>
> See in Makefile: NE_SCAN.
>
> Or adjust the card to one of the normal addresses. I think 0x240 was
> left out because it's often occupied by sound cards, etc.
>
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Thanks, I got it running and probing just fine now...

Since ethX is brought up well before sound in this case, would it not make
sense to probe there?  Even if there happens to be a sound card there, I
dont think it would cause any trouble....  I might be wrong here though, I
know absolutly nothing about C, let alone programming hardware stuff.
 brent