Bug 69 - "Erase pencil mark!" does not leave enough clues
Summary: "Erase pencil mark!" does not leave enough clues
Status: Closed Overcome By Events
Alias: None
Product: Base System
Classification: Unclassified
Component: i386 (show other bugs)
Version: 2.0-RELEASE
Hardware: Any Any
: Normal Affects Only Me
Assignee: freebsd-net (Nobody)
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Reported: 1994-12-18 06:00 UTC by David Muir Sharnoff
Modified: 2023-06-25 12:43 UTC (History)
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Description David Muir Sharnoff 1994-12-18 06:00:01 UTC 
	1 3C5x9 board(s) on ISA found at 0x300
	ep0: 3c5x9 at 0x300 in test mode. Erase pencil mark!
	ep0: eeprom failed to come ready.

	What does it mean?  Help!  

	The semantic content I get out of "Erase pencil mark" is:
	USE THE SOURCE, LUKE.   I will, but it would be nice if the
	probe failed with message that gave even the smallest 
	clue what was wrong.

	(Anyone have any clues they want to pass along?)

How-To-Repeat: 
	Aquire and assemble the following hardware:

		Motherboard     Intel Premier/PCI II 
		CPU             Intel Pentium 90
		32MB RAM
		PCI SCSI        ?? NCR53c810
		DISK            SEGATE ST32550N (2GB low power barracuda)
		ETHERNET        3COM Etherlink III 3c509B-TP
		VIDEO           ATI Ultra Pro 

	Try to install NetBSD 1.0 or FreeBSD 2.0.   

	The probe message above comes from FreeBSD 2.0, but NetBSD 1.0,
	produced almost identical messages.
Comment 1 Tino Engel 2023-05-13 20:06:51 UTC 
This it not resolved.
Comment 2 Tino Engel 2023-06-25 05:49:16 UTC 
Any news on my last comment?
Comment 3 Ed Maste freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2023-06-25 12:43:18 UTC 
From the man page:

     ep0: 3c509 in test mode. Erase pencil mark!  This means that someone has
     scribbled with pencil in the test area on the card.  Erase the pencil
     mark and reboot.  (This is not a joke).