Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 07:24:10 -0700 From: "Jeremiah Gowdy" <jeremiah@sherline.com> To: <freebsd_mail@yahoo.com> Cc: <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Sony Wireless LAN card [setting pcic irq "FAQ"] Message-ID: <001601c10302$a9696880$03e2cbd8@server> References: <000501c102bb$23fce240$aa240018@cx443070b> <200107020042570810.0006CB88@smtp.mail.yahoo.com> <200107020146010140.00408776@smtp.mail.yahoo.com>
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Sweet ! Thanks Wayne and Greg. This gives me new hope that I won't have to take this stupid card back ! 15% restocking fee sucks. :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Smith" <freebsd_mail@yahoo.com> To: "Jeremiah Gowdy" <jeremiah@sherline.com> Cc: <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 1:46 AM Subject: Re: Sony Wireless LAN card [setting pcic irq "FAQ"] > Jeremiah, > > If the Sony card implies a Sony laptop, then you definitely could use > an irq on the pcic device. > > There are three ways to assign an IRQ to the pcic: > > 1) the "long" way: rebuild the kernel with > > device pcic0 at isa? irq 9 > > > 2) the "Peter" way: update /boot/loader.conf with > > machdep.pccard.pcic_irq="09" > > > 3) the "Greg" way: update /boot/loader.conf with > > userconfig_script_load="YES" > > and /boot/kernel.conf with > > ir pcic0 9 > q > > This method assumes your kernel has device pcic0 and not just device > pcic. This is true in GENERIC kernels. > > [The userconfig solution is generalizable to the various devices (with > unit numbers) in the kernel, with at least the following commands: > > di sio1 (disable) > en pcic1 (enable) > po pcm0 0x530 (set port) > ir pcic0 9 (set IRQ) > dr pcm0 1 (set DRQ) > iom pcic0 0xd8000 (set iomem) > ios ata2 16 (set iosize) > f pcm0 0x10 (set flags) > ls (list all configurable devices) > q (last line) > > This is very handy on those older machines where it takes a long time > to rebuild the kernel. Try boot -c to get the whole picture.] > > All examples above assume irq 9 is the one you want to use. Substitute > as appropriate. > > Greg > > -----Original Message----- > > >I own a Sony PCWA-C100 Wireless LAN PC Card. Is there any FreeBSD > support > >for this ? When I insert the card with FreeBSD running, the computer > >freezes :/ > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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