From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu Sep 5 14:18: 2 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D6BC37B400 for ; Thu, 5 Sep 2002 14:18:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from janeway.vonbek.dhs.org (bgm-24-24-79-198.stny.rr.com [24.24.79.198]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4015643E7B for ; Thu, 5 Sep 2002 14:17:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from syborg@stny.rr.com) Received: by janeway.vonbek.dhs.org (Postfix, from userid 507) id 48BB44FC97; Thu, 5 Sep 2002 17:12:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by janeway.vonbek.dhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4093E4A0E for ; Thu, 5 Sep 2002 17:12:58 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 17:12:58 -0400 (EDT) From: John Bleichert X-X-Sender: syborg@janeway.vonbek.dhs.org Reply-To: John Bleichert To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pcmcia ed0 driver/Thinkpad question SOLVED In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 3 Sep 2002, John Bleichert wrote: > Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 10:40:21 -0400 (EDT) > From: John Bleichert > To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > Subject: pcmcia ed0 driver/Thinkpad question > > Hello all > > I'm trying to run a Network Anywhere NP100 10/100 NIC card in my Thinkpad > 600e. According to the docs this uses the ed(4) driver. Now, I've got a > vanilla 4.6.2 install on the Thinkpad and everything works great. > > However, when I insert the NIC, I get a bunch of debug output from pccardd > on ttyv0 and the box refuses to accept any input until the card is > ejected, at which point I regain control of it. Using pciconf and dmesg, I > don't see any direct hardware conflicts. Anybody have any idea why this is > happening? > > Also, when the NIC is inserted, the opsys attaches it to an interface at > ed1 - I was expecting ed0 since there are no other ed-type NICs in the box > - any reason why it's skipping ed0? Or is this nothing to worry about? > > I can provide debug output if needed, but I'll hafta type it all in > manually ;-) > > Thanks in advance for any advice - JB > > PS: For reference, before posting to this list, I re-installed the opsys > (4.6.2) to clear out any manual changes I made to the system. This is a > clean 4.6.2 install, unmodified in any way. The card still eats my > Thinkpad. > Well that Network Nowhere NIC was giving me performance grief in 3 other opsys's so I ditched it and got a proper 3Com card. More $$$ but works like a charm. For the record, FreeBSD was really easy to install on this Thinkpad. It helps that I have the X settings memorized ... Cheers - JB # John Bleichert # http://vonbek.dhs.org/latest.jpg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message