Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 14:11:31 -0700 From: Michelle Brownsworth <michelle@primelogic.com> To: Leo Clark <clark_l@efn.org> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Orinoco PCI cards and FreeBSD-STABLE Message-ID: <a05001994b7b6fd6656a2@[192.168.1.1]> In-Reply-To: <20010901122434.H13110@cogit8.org> References: <20010901122434.H13110@cogit8.org>
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Leo, My laptop's running FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE with an Orinoco Gold PCMCIA card, but not with a PCI adapter, so my configuration won't be any help to you. However, I have gotten some speedy and excellent help from some knowledgeable folks on freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, so I'm taking the liberty of cc'ing the list. Good luck on getting a solution. .\\ichelle --------------------- Michelle Brownsworth System Administrator PrimeLogic Communications http://www.primelogic.com >----- Forwarded message from Leo Clark <clark_l@efn.org> ----- > >From: Leo Clark <clark_l@efn.org> >Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 11:24:58 -0700 (PDT) >To: eug-lug@efn.org >Subject: [EUG-LUG:2610] Orinoco PCI cards and FreeBSD-STABLE > >I'm working on a small neiborhood wide network with some friends of mine >and I'm have a big problem with my BSD box. I'm running FreeBSD 4.3.. I >think, I just cvsup'd to RELENG_4. > >I have a Lucent Orinoco Gold PCMCIA card and the PCI adapter to stick it >in a stanard PC. > >I have my kernal recompiled and I see the orinoco device (wi0). It apears >to be fine too, I was able to use /usr/sbin/wicontrol to set it to peer to >peer and the correct network name. I have the ipconfigured and the >routing table looks good. > >I have a couple laptops with Win98 and Win2k on them to test out our >hack job antennas. This laptop can even see the other card. I can do a >Link Test useing the win32 orinoco utilites. It should mean that the two >cards are transmiting properly and on the same network. > >All seams well and good... except. Every time I try to use the interface >I get this: > >/kernel: wi0: watchdog timeout > >Aparently the TI controler on the PCI card is programmed to use ISA >interrupts and this isn't supported under FreeBSD-STABLE. From what I >have been reading, somewhere, there is a magic patch that will make all my >problems go away. Does anyone know where this patch is? And how the heck >I install it? They say it works under -current... the last time I tried >FreeBSD current I couldn't even boot after the update, I would like to >stay with stable. If current will fix my problem, I will give it a try >but I'm new to this whole unix thing. > >Is there another way around this? Has anyone else had experiance with >these lucent cards under BSD? > >Thanks, > >--------------<<<((((((0))))))>>>-------------- >Leo Clark >clark_l@efn.org > >----- End forwarded message ----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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