Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 16:07:30 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Greg Black <gjb@gbch.net> Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pccard mystery under 4.4-R Message-ID: <200112290007.fBT07Ud06340@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 28 Dec 2001 12:55:12 %2B1000." <nospam-1009508112.80604@bambi.gbch.net>
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> Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 12:55:12 +1000 > From: Greg Black <gjb@gbch.net> > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG > > "Kevin Oberman" wrote: > > | > From: Greg Black <gjb@gbch.net> > | > > | > I've got my laptop to boot and install 4.4-R after following the > | > magic hw.pcic.xxx incantations in the release notes and have had > | > some success using a Compaq wireless network card while visiting > | > a distant town. But recent attempts to get it to recognise a > | > Xircom PCMCIA NIC have been unsuccessful. And now, whether the > | > card is in the machine or not, I see the following during boot: > | > > | > pccard: card inserted, slot 0 > | > pcic0: Static bug detected, ignoring hardware. > | > > | > And all attempts to talk to the card fail dismally. I have > | > built a kernel with every potential driver installed. Am I > | > looking at a hardware problem or a software issue? > | > | There was a problem with some Xircom cards in 4.4-Release. Can you > | provide the model of the card? That might make it a bit easier to > | figure out. > | > | In general, cards with '2' or 'B' in the model number don't work. The > | '2' cards should work with stable or 4.5 when it comes out. Cards with > | 'B' are CardBus cards and will not work any time soon. They will work > | with CURRENT using NEWCARD, but running CURRENT is not for the weak at > | heart. > > Windows-ME identifies it as: > > Xircom CE-!!ps Credit Card Ethernet Adaptor > > where the "!!" could be "11" or "ll" or "II" -- they used a > stupid font that I can't interpret and I don't know how to > extract the information from Windows as text. Perhaps this is > something that equates to "2" in some way? There's no "B" in > the Windows identifier. Needless to say, the card works just > fine on my network under Windows on all the available laptops > but is ignored under FreeBSD-4.4 ... Greg, I'd suggest looking at the card. All Xircom cards I have seen have the model number on the card. The format is: [CR][B][2]E[M]-???? Where the 'C' or 'R' indicates Creditcard or RealPort, the 'B' indicates 32-bit (CardBus), '2' indicates RealPort2 or CC2 card, 'E' means Ethernet and 'M' means is includes a modem. After the dash are modem/Ethernet speed values (numeric). A '2' is a problem with V4.4 and earlier and 'B' is a problem for the long-term future as CardBus is currently not supported on FreeBSD systems. This should change in V5.0 late next year. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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