From owner-freebsd-mobile Sun Jun 8 09:45:26 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA22310 for mobile-outgoing; Sun, 8 Jun 1997 09:45:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from blizzard.wise.edt.ericsson.se (blizzard-ext.wise.edt.ericsson.se [194.237.142.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA22288 for ; Sun, 8 Jun 1997 09:45:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from erlang (erlang.ericsson.se [147.214.36.16]) by blizzard.wise.edt.ericsson.se (8.7.5/8.7.3/glacier-0.9) with SMTP id SAA11661 for ; Sun, 8 Jun 1997 18:45:05 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from townsend.ericsson.se by erlang (SMI-8.6/LME-2.2.4) id SAA00931; Sun, 8 Jun 1997 18:45:04 +0200 Received: from townsend by townsend.ericsson.se (SMI-8.6/client-1.5) id SAA10760; Sun, 8 Jun 1997 18:45:23 +0200 Message-Id: <199706081645.SAA10760@townsend.ericsson.se> To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG cc: kent@erlang.ericsson.se Subject: I'm out of IRQ's... Reply-To: kent@erlang.ericsson.se X-Mailer: Mew version 1.69 on Emacs 19.34.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sun, 08 Jun 1997 18:45:22 +0200 From: Kent Boortz Sender: owner-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I have a portable, Compaq LTE 5380, and a docking station. The docking station has a built in Ethernet card and I use an Ethernet and modem PCMCIA card. Problem: I seem to be out of IRQ's! I use FreeBSD 2.2.1 and PAO and this is "dmesg | egrep irq" edited a bit and adding some comments irq 1 sc0 at 0x60-0x6f on motherboard irq 2 (the programmable interrupt controller) irq 3 pcic: controller irq 4 sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff on isa irq 5 sb0 at 0x220 drq 1 on isa (built in SB Pro comp. ESS ES1688) irq 6 fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 drq 2 on isa irq 7 lpt0 at 0x378-0x37f on isa irq 8 (CMOS/real time clock) irq 9 (free??) irq 10 ed0 at 0x300-0x31f on isa (ethernet in docking station) irq 11 (free) irq 12 psm0 at 0x60-0x64 on motherboard irq 13 (built in math processor) irq 14 wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 on isa irq 15 wdc1 at 0x170-0x177 on isa (in docking station) I can't disable PnP, there is no option in the BIOS setup, but this is also what Windows95 reports so I believe it is right. I haven' tried that the sound card work from FreeBSD yet (how do I do that?). Problem is, if I set 9 and 11 for PCMCIA card use in pccard.conf it works "almost". It slows down Ethernet 500 times or make the modem work unreliable. If I'm not docked IRQ 15 gets free and giving PCMCIA 11 and 15 is ok. So I suspect IRQ 9 isn't really free. Is there a way to make the PCMCIA cards share the same IRQ? How do I debug conflicts like this? Is there some commands that give information or test things? Recommended reading? I can't be the only one having IRQ problems ;-) I have tried zillions of combinations of settings in /sys/i386/conf rebuilding the kernel and in /etc/pccard.conf but haven't found the logic in this thing. /kgb From owner-freebsd-mobile Sun Jun 8 14:56:17 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA19388 for mobile-outgoing; Sun, 8 Jun 1997 14:56:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dfw-ix3.ix.netcom.com (dfw-ix3.ix.netcom.com [206.214.98.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA19383 for ; Sun, 8 Jun 1997 14:56:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from smap@localhost) by dfw-ix3.ix.netcom.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) id QAA07421; Sun, 8 Jun 1997 16:51:12 -0500 (CDT) Received: from col-oh22-23.ix.netcom.com(207.220.130.183) by dfw-ix3.ix.netcom.com via smap (V1.3) id sma007380; Sun Jun 8 16:50:47 1997 Message-ID: <339B2984.15AE@ix.netcom.com> Date: Sun, 08 Jun 1997 17:52:04 -0400 From: Richard Scranton Reply-To: scrantr@ix.netcom.com Organization: LDA Systems, Columbus X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: kent@erlang.ericsson.se CC: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I'm out of IRQ's... References: <199706081645.SAA10760@townsend.ericsson.se> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk You could try using the printer in polled mode, freeing IRQ 7 for other things. Older versions of FreeBSDdid just this. Kent Boortz wrote: > > I have a portable, Compaq LTE 5380, and a docking station. The > docking station has a built in Ethernet card and I use an Ethernet > and modem PCMCIA card. > > Problem: I seem to be out of IRQ's! > > I use FreeBSD 2.2.1 and PAO and this is "dmesg | egrep irq" > edited a bit and adding some comments > > irq 1 sc0 at 0x60-0x6f on motherboard > irq 2 (the programmable interrupt controller) > irq 3 pcic: controller > irq 4 sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff on isa > irq 5 sb0 at 0x220 drq 1 on isa (built in SB Pro comp. ESS ES1688) > irq 6 fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 drq 2 on isa > irq 7 lpt0 at 0x378-0x37f on isa > irq 8 (CMOS/real time clock) > irq 9 (free??) > irq 10 ed0 at 0x300-0x31f on isa (ethernet in docking station) > irq 11 (free) > irq 12 psm0 at 0x60-0x64 on motherboard > irq 13 (built in math processor) > irq 14 wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 on isa > irq 15 wdc1 at 0x170-0x177 on isa (in docking station) > > I can't disable PnP, there is no option in the BIOS setup, but > this is also what Windows95 reports so I believe it is right. > I haven' tried that the sound card work from FreeBSD yet > (how do I do that?). > > Problem is, if I set 9 and 11 for PCMCIA card use in pccard.conf > it works "almost". It slows down Ethernet 500 times or make > the modem work unreliable. If I'm not docked IRQ 15 gets free > and giving PCMCIA 11 and 15 is ok. So I suspect IRQ 9 isn't > really free. > > Is there a way to make the PCMCIA cards share the same IRQ? How > do I debug conflicts like this? Is there some commands that give > information or test things? Recommended reading? I can't be the > only one having IRQ problems ;-) > > I have tried zillions of combinations of settings in /sys/i386/conf > rebuilding the kernel and in /etc/pccard.conf but haven't found > the logic in this thing. > > /kgb -- =================================================================== Richard Scranton - LDA Systems - Information Management Consulting scrantr@ix.netcom.com Columbus Cincinnati Cleveland Toledo Atlanta From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Jun 10 13:22:00 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA29738 for mobile-outgoing; Tue, 10 Jun 1997 13:22:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mbunix.mitre.org (mbunix.mitre.org [129.83.20.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA29719; Tue, 10 Jun 1997 13:21:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from FUZZY (fuzzy.mitre.org [128.29.154.17]) by mbunix.mitre.org (8.8.5/8.8.5/mitre.0) with SMTP id QAA25261; Tue, 10 Jun 1997 16:21:40 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199706102021.QAA25261@mbunix.mitre.org> Received: from m21829-pc.mitre.org (128.29.114.177) by fuzzy.mitre.org with SMTP id 29355; Tue, 10 Jun 1997 16:21:41 EST From: toml@mitre.org (Tom Lehman) To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Laptop for FreeBSD with WaveLan Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 16:18:36 -0400 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1161 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-mobile@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I am preparing to buy a couple of laptops and install FreeBSD 2.2.2. If anybody has any recommendations for manufactures/models that they have had success with, I would appreciate the feedback. In addition I would like to use PCMCIA (Type II) WaveLAN cards in the laptops with WaveLAN ISA in the FreeBSD 2.2.2 desktop systems. Are there FreeBSD drivers available for these cards? Thanks in advance. Tom Lehman Mitre Corporation toml@mitre.org From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Jun 10 17:19:52 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA15637 for mobile-outgoing; Tue, 10 Jun 1997 17:19:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA15606; Tue, 10 Jun 1997 17:19:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id JAA12659; Wed, 11 Jun 1997 09:49:21 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199706110019.JAA12659@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Laptop for FreeBSD with WaveLan In-Reply-To: <199706102021.QAA25261@mbunix.mitre.org> from Tom Lehman at "Jun 10, 97 04:18:36 pm" To: toml@mitre.org (Tom Lehman) Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 09:49:21 +0930 (CST) Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Tom Lehman stands accused of saying: > I am preparing to buy a couple of laptops and install FreeBSD 2.2.2. If > anybody has any recommendations for manufactures/models that they have had > success with, I would appreciate the feedback. Right now, the big thing to be aware of is that there's not much in the way of support for CardBus machines. In general, most name-brand systems work quite well; IBM, NEC, Toshiba, Sharp, etc. We've used the Sharp PC9000/9030/9070 systems with great success, although you may have trouble getting these (there is anohter set of 9000 machines that are CardBus). > In addition I would like to use PCMCIA (Type II) WaveLAN cards in the > laptops with WaveLAN ISA in the FreeBSD 2.2.2 desktop systems. Are there > FreeBSD drivers available for these cards? Thanks in advance. The PAO distribution has a driver for these cards, and the Portland Mobile-IP code also supports them. I would stick with the PAO code just on the basis of simplicity of integration. > Tom Lehman -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[ From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu Jun 12 08:21:31 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA02426 for mobile-outgoing; Thu, 12 Jun 1997 08:21:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.cdrom.com [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA02409 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 1997 08:21:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from squirrel.tgsoft.com (squirrel.tgsoft.com [207.167.64.183]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id IAA12126 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 1997 08:21:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 6353 invoked by uid 128); 12 Jun 1997 15:20:57 -0000 Date: 12 Jun 1997 15:20:57 -0000 Message-ID: <19970612152057.6352.qmail@squirrel.tgsoft.com> From: mark thompson To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.com Subject: Compaq anyone? Sender: owner-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I have been tempted to get a Compaq Armada, but I know that people have had bad problems with Compaqs in general, compatability-wise. Please forward any advice or experiences to me please... -mark From owner-freebsd-mobile Sat Jun 14 08:21:22 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA25998 for mobile-outgoing; Sat, 14 Jun 1997 08:21:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hda.hda.com (hda-bicnet.bicnet.net [207.198.1.121]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA25981 for ; Sat, 14 Jun 1997 08:21:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dufault@localhost) by hda.hda.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA10841 for mobile@freebsd.org; Sat, 14 Jun 1997 11:16:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Dufault Message-Id: <199706141516.LAA10841@hda.hda.com> Subject: IBM Thinkpad 365X versus 36589D-COMBO To: mobile@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 11:16:54 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-mobile@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I've purchased a Thinkpad 365X with 10.5" TFT display for $1099 from USA Flex. I can't get a 3C589D-COMBO to work. I've set the 3c589d to I/O 300, IRQ15, and BNC with the 3COM utility and verified the settings stick. There are no settings for I/O memory on this card. I've verified there are no conflicts listed in the IBM manual. When I boot either of the pc-card boot floppies (one ftp'd from .jp and the one on the 2.2.1 CDROM) and let it do the default PC card probes it properly finds the card and hooks it in as an "ep". When I ifconfig it up and down I can see the LED on the BNC adapter flash, so we're talking to it OK. However, it isn't working: attempts to load over NFS result in send errors from mount_nfs and attempts to do an ftp install hang when it adds the default router. I don't see any LED flashes at all. Any ideas? Peter -- Peter Dufault (dufault@hda.com) Realtime development, Machine control, HD Associates, Inc. Safety critical systems, Agency approval From owner-freebsd-mobile Sat Jun 14 08:43:51 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA26842 for mobile-outgoing; Sat, 14 Jun 1997 08:43:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from stt3.com (root@stt3.com [198.107.49.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA26824; Sat, 14 Jun 1997 08:43:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from eris(really [204.188.47.208]) by stt3.com via sendmail with smtp id for ; Sat, 14 Jun 1997 08:42:50 -0700 (PDT) (Smail-3.2 1996-Jul-4 #1 built 1997-Mar-5) Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 08:41:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Beattie X-Sender: beattie@eris To: Tom Lehman cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Laptop for FreeBSD with WaveLan In-Reply-To: <199706102021.QAA25261@mbunix.mitre.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Tom Lehman wrote: > I am preparing to buy a couple of laptops and install FreeBSD 2.2.2. If > anybody has any recommendations for manufactures/models that they have had > success with, I would appreciate the feedback. > > In addition I would like to use PCMCIA (Type II) WaveLAN cards in the > laptops with WaveLAN ISA in the FreeBSD 2.2.2 desktop systems. Are there > FreeBSD drivers available for these cards? Thanks in advance. > > Tom Lehman > Mitre Corporation > toml@mitre.org > > > I have a Toshiba Tecra 730CDT that works great and the 1024x768 screen is very sharp, I do not even use a desktop system or an external monitor any more. Brian Beattie +1.503.690.1570 x6116 Dynamics Research Corporation 19545 NW Von Neumann Dr FAX 690.1569 Beaverton, OR 97006-6998 beattie@stt3.com "I am Pentium of the Borg. Division is futile. you will be approximated!"