Re: 3c509x module fails to load

[Christopher Lamey <topher netscape com>]

Newtype wrote:

> 1. Turn off the plug and play feature on your card;

Done.

> 2. Check the IO address and irq number of the card;

OK, the DOS tool 3c5x9cfg.exe says:

Base Address: 200h
Interrupt Request: 11

When I look at the card in Win95 (Ctrl Panel:System), it says the device
is using 0240-024h and no interrupts.

> 3. Login as root, run "insmod 3c509 io=xxx irq=y", where "xxx" and "yy" is the IO address and irq number you got in step 2;

OK, here's what I tried:

$insmod 3c509 io=0x200 irq=11
$insmod 3c509 io=0x240 irq=11
$insmod 3c509 io=200 irq=11
$insmod 3c509 io=240 irq=11
$insmod 3c509 io=200h irq=11

And each time it says 'Loading et0', my speakers pop, and the system
freezes up.  Sounds like an irq problem, no?  How do I troubleshoot
this?  I looked at my bios setup and it's not slated to use irq 11 for
plug'n'pray.  When I use msd.exe, it says that irq 11 is reserved by the
bios.  Is there a way in Linux to view the irqs?

> 4. If it the module fails to load, try "insmod 3c509", i.e. loading the module without specifying the IO and irq.  My system works in this way.  I don't know if the module is really smart enough to detect my card automatically.

It says 'Warning: Load-time probing only works reliably for EISA bus'
(or something like that), my speaker pop, and the system freezes.  So I
need to specify the base io and irq, but that's failing.

-- 
Chris Lamey
Compass QA Minion