reset bios pci bus

From: Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us>
Subject: Re: SCO 3.2v4.2 - How to resolve an address conflict?
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 16:41:09 -0800
References: <au76in$4s5st$1@ID-73913.news.dfncis.de>
<20021223134004.B10531@mammoth.ca.sco.com> 

On Mon, 23 Dec 2002 21:40:04 GMT, Bela Lubkin <belal@sco.com>
wrote:

>It's a good guess.  It looks like the machine's BIOS has mis-assigned
>PCI I/O space.  The BIOS is supposed to do this, and it isn't supposed
>to leave any devices overlapping each other.  The addresses chosen by
>the BIOS are typically influenced by what slot each board is in;
>rearranging slots might fix the problem.
>
>> Is it possible to change the address space of the Cogent NIC and compile the
>> driver. Source code seems to be included (there is a space.c file).
>> Or is there an other possibility to resolve the obvious address-conflict?
>
>The drives should automatically adjust to moved boards.  Or, you might
>have to run `netconfig` and tell it about the NIC's new slot number.
>>Bela<

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Most BIOS's have a "Reset System Configuration Data" or "Reset
Extended Configuration Data" option in the CMOS setup.  It's always
"DISABLED" by default.  It's primary purpose is to recover from memory
or port allocation errors that leave the machine unbootable.  It will
also fix overlapping memory map assignments.  Set it to "Enabled",
save the settings, and power down the machine.  That means pull the
plug and let it sit for a while so that the "wake on lan" feature
turns off the etherknot card.  When it boots, the bios will announce
that the ESCD has been reset.  With any luck, it should then work.  No
changes needed to OSR5.



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