Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 22:27:21 -0500 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: cjclark@home.com, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Install on DELL Latitude and Xircom CreditCard Ethernet Message-ID: <20000205222721.A14610@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <200002052251.OAA12829@ptavv.es.net>; from oberman@es.net on Sat, Feb 05, 2000 at 02:51:45PM -0800 References: <20000204224930.B44997@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> <200002052251.OAA12829@ptavv.es.net>
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On Sat, Feb 05, 2000 at 02:51:45PM -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 22:49:30 -0500 > > From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> > > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG > > > > I am trying to install FreeBSD 3.3 (PAO) on my DELL Latitude XPi over > > a network. The problem is that the kernel cannot seem to be able to > > find my card. The card is a Xircom CreditCard Ethernet IIps. In the > > Win98 that came on the HDD, the Ethernet card occupies IRQ 10 and I/O > > 0x110 and the PCMCIA slot is IRQ 15, I/O 0x3E0, and the range is > > 0D0000. Unfortunately, although I have this info, you can't configure > > the ex0 device in the kernel setup. > > > > I have two cards in the notebook, the Xircom and a Megahertz Modem > > XJ4336. I've swapped the cards and the modem is found when plugged > > into either slot, so I think the kernel negotiates the PCMCIA fine. > > > > What do I need to do to be able to use this Ethernet card during the > > install? Or am I doing something wrong. Other than the two cards, I > > think it's a fairly straight forward DELL Latitude with integrated > > sound and IR port sucking up IRQs, but there should be enough for > > both cards. > > > > Kinda frustrating. I was trying to do the install using a parallel > > port PPP setup between my notebook and tower last night to no avail. > > I figured once I got my Ethernet card it would be a breeze... Well... > > *sigh* > > Unfortunately the generic kernel is not built with support for the > Xircom cards. This is mostly because of conflicts with other drivers, > so you need to install FreeBSD somewhere so you can re-build the > kernel for the Xircom card. I have a desktop FreeBSD system at home > where I configure and build all kernels for my laptop. > > You need to edit your configuration by un-commenting the xe device > line and commenting out the ze and zp lines. Rebuild the kernel. You > can also make other changes at this time, of course. The xe0 device _is_ in the list of "Network" devices during the boot config. The ze0 and zp0 devices are there, but I disable them in the config. > To get the card to work you will also need to edit the rc.conf file to > enable pccard support (see the man pages) and create a pccard.conf > file. You should be able to simply copy the /etc/pccard.conf.sample to > /etc/pccard.conf and edit it to lock down the IRQ to 10. PCCARD support is already enabled, right? These are the PAO floppies. My PCCARD modem is found just fine. I'm a bit confused as to why I need to rebuild all of this. I thought the whole idea of the PAO install floppies was to have this stuff done already? Making a new kernel for the notebook is not really any problem, but I'd rather know for sure that it will solve my problem before I do it. > Once that is done, the Xircom will probably work fine, but I have > never tried on your system, so your mileage may vary. > > There is a Xircom on FreeBSD mail list you might want to join. See > http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~scott/xe_drv/ for more information. Thanks for the pointer. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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