Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 06:29:09 +0100 From: "Tom Skoglund" <tomsk@chello.no> To: <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: NEWCARD and Xircom (RBEM56G-100) Message-ID: <010d01c1a23c$8d862200$0605800a@chello.no> References: <006001c1a235$45d778c0$0605800a@chello.no> <200201202058500990.025D693D@smtp.mail.yahoo.com> <00ae01c1a239$077db900$0605800a@chello.no> <200201202117410797.026EA9F1@smtp.mail.yahoo.com>
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I'll try contacting him as well if I cannot find a solution "soon". Thanks, anyway! -Tom "Greg Smith" <freebsd_mail@yahoo.com> wrote: > Tom, > > OK, but I am doubtful. > > My feeling was that dc is for some old Dec cards and related, not even > available in pcmcia/cardbus; and that xe was for various Xircom cards > and related. I think the same driver often supports 16 and 32 bit > cards. You might want to ask scott.mitchell@mail.com who seems to try > single-handedly to keep the xe driver up to date. > > Best of luck. > > Greg > > -----Original Message----- > > >This encoded message has been converted to an attachment. > > > >Remember that this is a cardbus card, and AFAIK it should use the dc > >driver. Think I actually tried the xe driver by mistake also, but I > have > >not really played around with it. > > > >-Tom > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Greg Smith" <freebsd_mail@yahoo.com> > >To: "Tom Skoglund" <tomsk@chello.no> > > > > > >> Tom, > >> > >> I'm a little surprised that card is using the dc driver instead of > the > >> xe driver. I thought all the Xircom ..em56 cards used xe. Is that > how > >> it was set up in pccard.conf? > >> > >> Greg > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> > >> >Hi, > >> >I have been eager to get my Xircom pcmcia nic to work under > FreeBSD, > >> and > >> >have been reading up on the mailing list an so on. My system is a > >> Compaq > >> >Armada E500 running 20020119-CURRENT. This weekend I gave it a try, > >> with > >> >not > >> >so good results I might add. I made a new kernel (I have tried many > >> this > >> >weekend) built on NEWCARD. I have been fooling around with all the > >> >different > >> >config files and kernel parameters I can imagine. > >> > > >> >Basically I'm trying to get the dc driver working. I have attached > >> some > >> >logs > >> >(dmesg, kldstat, sysctl, pciconf) for you to look at. When the > driver > >> >module > >> >fails it also screws up my screen by dividing it in 3 and adding > som > >> random > >> >"graphics", so I have to reboot to see anything again. This > behaviour > >> is > >> >the > >> >same if I boot with the card or try to insert it runtime. > >> > > >> >What I see in the logs makes me belive it doesn't read the > registers > >> right. > >> >So before I start hacking the cardbus/if_dc files can anyone see if > >> there > >> >is > >> >something else I might try? > >> > > >> > > >> >-Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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