From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Mar 31 8:20:59 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from hotpoint.dcs.qmw.ac.uk (hotpoint.dcs.qmw.ac.uk [138.37.88.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A577A1545B for ; Wed, 31 Mar 1999 08:20:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk) Received: from brian.dcs.qmw.ac.uk [138.37.88.7]; by hotpoint.dcs.qmw.ac.uk (8.8.7/8.8.5/S-4.0) with ESMTP; id RAA11588; Wed, 31 Mar 1999 17:20:19 +0100 (BST) Received: (from scott@localhost) by brian.dcs.qmw.ac.uk (8.9.1b+Sun/8.9.1) id RAA02148; Wed, 31 Mar 1999 17:20:21 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <19990331172021.C1985@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 17:20:21 +0100 From: Scott Mitchell To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" , richard@jezebel.demon.co.uk Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCMCIA confusion References: <37021CCE.3538BE41@trltech.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: ; from Steve O'Hara-Smith on Wed, Mar 31, 1999 at 04:27:10PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Mar 31, 1999 at 04:27:10PM +0100, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > > On 31-Mar-99 Richard Smith wrote: > > > If I understand things correctly, I am linking pcic into my custom > > kernal and then kld the same module again. > > Your understanding is correct. > > > I have just booted GENERIC (which has pcic etc. commented out), > > OK given that that failed, try your custom kernel and remove > the kldload from /etc/rc.pccard (this is the arrangement that works for > me). I think you need to leave the 'controller card0' line in the kernel config, and have *either* the 'device pcicN at card?' stuff statically compiled in *or* dynamically loaded at boot time. I've gone the dynamic route and it seems to be working fine, modulo all the other problems with the PCCARD code. I submitted a PR to get this into the ERRATA file, since it seems to be biting just about everyone...committers? Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID |"If I can't have my coffee, I'm just | 0x54B171B9 | like a dried up piece of roast goat" QMW College, London, UK | 0xAA775B8B | -- J. S. Bach. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message