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From:      Chris Landauer <cal@rush.aero.org>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        cal@rush.aero.org
Subject:   pcmcia cards in 2.2.8 with PAO
Message-ID:  <199906230046.RAA06148@chuck.aero.org>

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hi, all -

i've had laptops with freebsd for almost 3 years now, and i currently run
version 2.2.8 on a dell latitude LM-100, a gateway solo 2300, and on a big
desktop dell machine at home (i am very glad about the recently available
information that lets me run X on the laptops, both of which use NeoMagic)

i am having much trouble with pc card modems for the laptops (i cleverly
forgot to order the laptops with internal modems, ..., twice !), which leads
me to think that i might have trouble with the ethernet pc cards, too, when we
build the home network

i have a hayes optima 33.6 pc card modem that i want to use (it would be much
nicer than the us robotics sportster 33.6 external modem that i have to carry
around now, even though that is pretty small) - my problem is that the one
machine says "device not configured" during boot, and also "pcic0 not found at
0x3e0" (the /dev/card[0-3] entries are there on both machines), and the other
machine (which used to say "device not configured", but does not now do so)
says "driver allocation failed" when i insert the card, after scrolling a
bunch of stuff i can't see off the screen (with a few lines left, such as
"experimental clpd-6832 support" and "Misc 3 register is 0x9")

i realize that these descriptions are insufficient, but my actual question is

	where do i go to look for better instructions and more information?

about the pccard configuration files and their use,
the kernel configuration files and their entries for pc cards,
and especially the meanings of the various error messages?

i've seen the PAO FAQ, the Handbook (which was more complete than i've seen
it before, but still not enough), and the FAQ, but did not find enough
information

more later,
cal

Dr. Christopher Landauer
Aerospace Integration Science Center
e-mail: cal@aero.org

PS - if there is no such information available, i can certainly provide a much
more detailed specification of exactly what the configuration files say, and
what happens on each machine when i boot it, and when i stick the card in the
pc slots



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