Mediator PCI + MOS Powerup: got RTL 8029 working!

[Amigaz]

Has anyone with an A4000 and Mediator board tried this?
The A4000 mediator boards doesn't have a 0mb memory window jumper setting , think it's only 512/256mb memory jumper settings to choose from.
I just tried with a realtek 8029AS card without changing any jumpers (256mb mem window) but I got the same result with MiamiDX as with my X-surf..."Can't open DEVS:Networks/blabla.device"  :boohoo:

[Amigaz]

humppa wrote:
Did you test with a tool such as "Pciinfo" if the RTL8029 on your Mediator is recognized at all?
It's strange that you get the "Can't open" message with both your XSurf and the RTL8029. Where are your device drivers placed? Do you have the correct path? Sorry for asking this... I am just wondering since it should at least be able to access the card.
You might also want to try Snoopium (MOS-Variant of Snoopos) and have a look at the logs.

Pciinfo, you mean in MOS?

I've placed the device drivers in Devs:Networks, not in the MorphOS Devs

Snoopium...will try that one, thanks  :-)

This is quite frustrating..it's like my first tries getting online years ago with my PCMCIA network card and my A1200..I felt like I was fumbling in the dark

[Amigaz]

When running PCIINFO from MOS it says it can't open pci.library but it's in libs

In OS3.9 the RT8029 is shown in pciinfo

[Amigaz]

humppa wrote:

When running PCIINFO from MOS it says it can't open pci.library but it's in libs

Did you try both Sys:Libs AND MOSSYS:Libs?

I needed to put it also in the Sys:Morphos/Libs/ (Mossys:Libs/), otherwise it failed to open.

Pciinfo and all these 68k work very well in Morphos. Pciinfo shows all cards that are installed on my Mediator (Voodoo3, SB128, RTL8029), unfortunately only the latter works with MOS.

Ok, will put it in MOS libs and try
Just tried the 8029 in OS3.9 and it worked so the card is functional..I'm also thinking of trying the openpci thingie with my RT8039D which I also have in my mediator

[Amigaz]

It still fails, can't open pci.library

wtf!!

[Amigaz]

humppa wrote:

I'm also thinking of trying the openpci thingie with my RT8039D which I also have in my mediator

That would indeed be interesting. I am not sure about Mediator-support in OpenPCI, but if you have some time to spare, why not give it a shot? Basically the same like I did with the RTL8029. The chances were low, but there is always the possibility for a nice surprise!

It still fails, can't open pci.library

That's very weird, since I have no problems in opening the pci.library, even when I have the memory window set to 8MB.

I think there are other A4000 owners with Mediator who might be able to reproduce your problem (Crumb?).

I'm going to give it a shot..seems like I have nothing to loose right now  :-)
Have started a thread on MorphZone calling the A4000 Mediator users

Think I'll start a thread here too since MorphZone isn't very active IMHO

[Amigaz]

The only question now is if I need to install the OpenPCI 2.0 stuff because there seem to some OpenPCI stuff already in MOS

[Amigaz]

humppa wrote:
Did you already try changing the Zorro-slot for your XSurf? No idea, but maybe not all of the slots are "seen" by Morphos.

You said something wise there  ;-)

Going to try the lowest Zorro slot and see what happens
The X-surf sits in the 2nd Zorro slot at the moment under my Scandoubler and 1mm over my Voodoo 3000  :-o but some plastic films prevents sparks and stuff  :lol:

[Amigaz]

Boot_WB wrote:
@Amigaz

Dragging up this old thread, did you try setting the "swap config" jumper on the mediator card to closed?

According to the manual, this is the setting to use if you are using a Z3 graphics card. Perhaps this configures the mediator for using i/o cards which do not require a voodoo card for DMA buffer?

Unfortunately, I don't seem to have a RTL8029 card around any more (I'm sure I had one somewhere..) so I can't test it myself.

Never did that since I wanted to be able to boot into OS3.9 also without having to change a jumper each time