Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: NE2000 Module Problem | Date | Mon, 9 Sep 1996 17:28:38 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Andrew E. Mileski" <> |
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> : After doing some head banging I realize the problem: the NE2000 driver > : is dumb-as-a-post when it comes to autoprobing :-( > > ne.c has its well-sorted list of addresses to probe at, and if you use > it as a "non-module", it will find the PCI cards, too. > > : The RealTek RTK8029 cards are _PCI_ so they must be probed, and hence > : the current driver cannot be used as a module. This should be documented. > > This is wrong; due to a decision of the author, ne.c will not auto-probe > for cards if used as a module. But you can always say something like > insmod ne.c io=0x6000 > and the module will find your PCI card.
Do you mean use any BOGUS port base address? If yes: shouldn't this be documented? If no : how do you suggest I guess the port base?
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