2 ethernet interfaces on M-Vax II, one delqa, one deqna

[Pat Barron]

In article <7139 at batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> beth at batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Beth Elias) writes:
>
>Does anyone know of any software or hardware weirdness
>that would keep our MtXinu kernel on a Micro-Vax II
>from recognizing our new delqa board? 

It turns out that the DELQA takes longer to self-test than the DEQNA.
The probe routine hangs out for a while, but not quite long enough.
Eventually, it decides that the board is either not there or dead,
and it doesn't configure.  Some time later the device comes ready, but
by that time the kernel has already given up.  I'm told that you run
into similar problems when you try to use a DELUA with the DEUNA driver.

I had this exact same problem when I tried to use a DELQA in my MicroVAX
Internet gateway.  I have fixed the qe driver so that it can talk to the
DELQA, and can send diffs to people who need them.

--Pat.

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