[9fans] Failure, etherelnk3.c

[9fans] Failure, etherelnk3.c

[lucio]

A tad puzzling.  I have an old Intel ALT/Server (dual pentium, 100MHz,
EISA/PCI) that I would like to experiment with, never having seen Plan
9 on a multiprocessor before.

I started with an old boot diskette, 3rd edition.  Of course, things
broke, so I made up a 4e boot diskette.  9load no longer recognised
the elnk3 (3c905b-tx or very similar).  I borrowed 9load from 3e, but
now the kernel can't recognise the card.

I don't have ID/VID at my fingertips, but I can find them with a bit
of effort.

The most recent change to etherelnk3.c was a consolidation of the
reset code, so I presume the critical change predates 2003/12/15.
What is it likely to be?

term% history /sys/src/9/pc/etherelnk3.c
Apr 11 20:01:17 SAT 2004 /sys/src/9/pc/etherelnk3.c 48724 [proxima]
Apr 11 20:01:17 SAT 2004 /n/dump/2005/0530/sys/src/9/pc/etherelnk3.c 48724 [proxima]
Dec 15 21:08:52 SAT 2003 /n/dump/2004/0411/sys/src/9/pc/etherelnk3.c 48521 [lucio]

Should I try all possible options until I locate one that works?

term% cd /n/sources/plan9/sys/src/9/pc
term% history etherelnk3.c
Apr 11 20:01:17 SAT 2004 etherelnk3.c 48724 [rsc]
Apr 11 20:01:17 SAT 2004 /n/sourcesdump/2005/0530/plan9/sys/src/9/pc/etherelnk3.c 48724 [rsc]
Dec 15 21:08:52 SAT 2003 /n/sourcesdump/2004/0411/plan9/sys/src/9/pc/etherelnk3.c 48521 [presotto]
Sep 18 05:56:03 SAT 2003 /n/sourcesdump/2003/1215/plan9/sys/src/9/pc/etherelnk3.c 48522 [rsc]
Jul 24 18:42:46 SAT 2003 /n/sourcesdump/2003/0917/plan9/sys/src/9/pc/etherelnk3.c 48481 [jmk]
Jul 16 21:27:21 SAT 2002 /n/sourcesdump/2003/0724/plan9/sys/src/9/pc/etherelnk3.c 48003 [rsc]

++L

PS: I actually have

	ether0=type=elnk3

in PLAN9.INI.