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| author | Joseph Koshy <jkoshy@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-06-26 04:05:25 +0000 |
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| committer | Joseph Koshy <jkoshy@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-06-26 04:05:25 +0000 |
| commit | 77f0086166df43139915594e48d53f91a42b8ef8 (patch) | |
| tree | 7d95a8b503d0ab7b86c155559cda3246511f3916 /FAQ | |
| parent | e443ff16ae7cc89309efbe6e7f237014e393d95b (diff) | |
| download | doc-77f0086166df43139915594e48d53f91a42b8ef8.tar.gz doc-77f0086166df43139915594e48d53f91a42b8ef8.zip | |
Added Q `why does my 3Com PCI NIC not work with my Micron computer'?
PR: docs/6444
Reviewed-by: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> (FAQ maintainer)
Notes
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svn path=/head/; revision=2997
Diffstat (limited to 'FAQ')
| -rw-r--r-- | FAQ/hardware.sgml | 14 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/FAQ/hardware.sgml b/FAQ/hardware.sgml index 600f5e2921..669ba04bbd 100644 --- a/FAQ/hardware.sgml +++ b/FAQ/hardware.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $Id: hardware.sgml,v 1.7 1998-06-18 10:07:09 jkoshy Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: hardware.sgml,v 1.8 1998-06-26 04:05:25 jkoshy Exp $ --> <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project --> <sect> @@ -318,5 +318,17 @@ <tt/LINT/ kernel config file, searching for the <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?apm" name="APM"> keyword. + <sect1> + <heading>Why doesn't my 3Com PCI network card work with my Micron + computer?</heading> + <p>Certain Micron motherboards have a non-conforming PCI BIOS + implementation that does not configure PCI devices at + the addresses reported. This causes grief when FreeBSD boots. + <p>To work around this problem, disable the "Plug and Play Operating + System" flag in the BIOS. + <p>More information on this problem is available at URL: + <htmlurl + url="http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html#micron" + name="http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html#micron"> </sect> |