scf@statware.UUCP (Steve Fullerton) (01/21/89)
Has anyone managed to successfully install the WD8003E card for
ISC 386/ix 1.0.6? In particular, for host-based TCP/IP? My wit's
end was passed long ago.
The particulars:
20 Mhz CSS 386-A
4 Mb RAM
EGA
I have removed the serial cards and my kernel is up to unix.std.10.
I have tried IRQ 2,3 and 5. Shared memory base address 0xCC000, 0xD0000,
and 0xD40000. I can ping localhost, but not the local host name or anything
else on the net.
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Steve Fullerton Statware, Inc.
scf%statware.uucp@cs.orst.edu 260 SW Madison Ave, Suite 109
orstcs!statware!scf Corvallis, OR 97333
503/753-5382jack@turnkey.TCC.COM (Jack F. Vogel) (01/23/89)
In article <1127@statware.UUCP> scf%statware.UUCP@cs.orst.edu (Steve Fullerton) writes: >Has anyone managed to successfully install the WD8003E card for >ISC 386/ix 1.0.6? In particular, for host-based TCP/IP? My wit's >end was passed long ago. > > >I have removed the serial cards and my kernel is up to unix.std.10. >I have tried IRQ 2,3 and 5. Shared memory base address 0xCC000, 0xD0000, >and 0xD40000. I can ping localhost, but not the local host name or anything >else on the net. Steve, Have you tried running the WD supplied diagnostic program. It is on the supplied floppy disk in a subdirectory called test I believe. The reason I ask is that I am also having problems with the 8003E in a 20Mhz 386 system. Running the diagnostic program has indicated that regardless of what interrupt I use it fails the interrupt test. Now I have run DOS programs on the system that work, but a Unix based TCP/IP packages such as ISC's or the one I am working on under Xenix386 are interrupt driven and hence will not work. For instance, my driver only reads packets from the card's ring-buffer when it receives an interrupt from the card. At this point I know the card is OK, when put into a 10Mhz 286 box it passes all tests. What I don't know is whether WD's hardware can't handle the 20Mhz system speed or if I have motherboard problems (turnkey is an Atronics 386 based system). So I suggest you try the diagnostics if you haven't and send me some mail on the results (or just send me the answers if you have previously used the diagnostics). If we have similar problems with the hardware I may be able to get a friend who works at WD (donegan@stanton.TCC.COM) to have them investigate the problem. Good luck, -- Jack F. Vogel Turnkey Computer Consultants, Costa Mesa, CA UUCP: ...{nosc|uunet}!turnkey!jack Internet: jack@turnkey.TCC.COM