[plug] isa network cards

[Ryan Smith]

On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 06:49:58PM +0800, Matt Kemner wrote:
| On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, quoth Ryan Smith:
| 
| > ampere:/home/ryan# modprobe ne
| > /lib/modules/2.4.26/kernel/drivers/net/ne.o: init_module: No such device
| > or address
| > Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
| > including invalid IO or IRQ parameters
| 
| The ne module does not autoprobe for the IO address, because it would
| often poke devices that did not appreciate being poked, and would crash
| the PC.  It only autoprobes when compiled into the kernel, because a crash
| at boot (pre-init) is not as likely to cause data loss.
| 
| You will need to pass the module at least an io= parameter.
| I've found most ne2k to live at or around 0x300, so try:
| 
Good news no crashing. bad news didnt find anything on any of addresses.
pnpdump cant find anything either. Does this mean that the nics are
probably dodgy or theres more black magic to isa than I thought.

cheers
Ryan