Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 02:49:05 +0000 From: Steven Fletcher <flec@flec.co.uk> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Thinkpad PCMCIA problems Message-ID: <200012040248.CAA24686@stevenf.shellnet.co.uk>
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Hi all,
I am having some difficulty with the PCMCIA cards on my old Thinkpad
760EL laptop, on which I have installed 4.2-RELEASE. [previously running
Win95]
Basically I have 2 cards - A 3Com 589D ethernet and an old USR 28.8
Sportster. Both work independently, i.e., I can insert the 3Com card, do
network activity, then remove it and insert in the sportster and connect
via cu, but when I try to have both in at the same time, I run into
problems. A log of events is shown at the bottom of this mail. I've
tried all sorts of configurations, swapping ports, ordering, checking
the 'irq' line in /etc/defaults/pccard.conf, which is really confusing
me.
After enough inserting, reinstering, killing and restarting pccard with
different configurations, I once managed to get them both working, but
to test, I rebooted and was back to the square one again.
I used FreeBSD since 2.2.5, but this is my first experience with running
PCMCIA devices and using it on laptops in general - can anyone throw any
pointers as to what's going on?
Thanks;
Steven Fletcher
With just the 3Com:
>Dec 4 01:38:04 laptop /kernel: pccard: card inserted, slot 0
>Dec 4 01:38:10 laptop pccardd[54]: Card "3Com Corporation"("3C589D") =
[TP/BNC LAN Card Ver. 2a] [000002] matched "3Com Corporation" ("3C589") =
[(null)] [(null)]=20
>Dec 4 01:38:15 laptop /kernel: ep0: <3Com Etherlink III 3C589> at port =
0x240-0x24f irq 3 slot 0 on pccard0
>Dec 4 01:38:15 laptop /kernel: ep0: Ethernet address 00:60:08:ba:d4:2d
>Dec 4 01:38:15 laptop pccardd[54]: ep0: 3Com Corporation (3C589) =
inserted.
With just the USR:
>Dec 4 01:39:51 laptop /kernel: pccard: card inserted, slot 1
>Dec 4 01:39:57 laptop pccardd[54]: Card "USROBOTICS"("XJ2288") [V.34 PC=
Card MODEM] [(null)] has function ID 2=20
>Dec 4 01:40:32 laptop /kernel: sio4 at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 slot 1 on=
pccard1
>Dec 4 01:40:32 laptop /kernel: sio4: type 16550A
>Dec 4 01:40:32 laptop pccardd[54]: sio4: GENERIC PCMCIA modem inserted.
With the 3Com first, then the USR:
>Dec 4 02:26:15 laptop /kernel: ep0: <3Com Etherlink III 3C589> at port =
0x240-0x24f irq 3 slot 0 on pccard0
>Dec 4 02:26:15 laptop /kernel: ep0: Ethernet address 00:60:08:ba:d4:2d
>Dec 4 02:26:15 laptop pccardd[54]: ep0: 3Com Corporation (3C589) =
inserted.
>Dec 4 02:26:23 laptop /kernel: pccard: card inserted, slot 1
>Dec 4 02:26:29 laptop pccardd[54]: Card "USROBOTICS"("XJ2288") [V.34 PC=
Card MODEM] [(null)] has function ID 2=20
>Dec 4 02:26:29 laptop pccardd[54]: Failed to allocate IRQ for (null)=20
USR first, then the 3Com:
>Dec 4 02:27:52 laptop /kernel: pccard: card inserted, slot 1
>Dec 4 02:27:57 laptop pccardd[54]: Card "USROBOTICS"("XJ2288") [V.34 PC=
Card MODEM] [(null)] has function ID 2=20
>Dec 4 02:28:32 laptop /kernel: sio4 at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 slot 1 on=
pccard1
>Dec 4 02:28:33 laptop /kernel: sio4: type 16550A
>Dec 4 02:28:32 laptop pccardd[54]: sio4: GENERIC PCMCIA modem inserted.
>Dec 4 02:29:00 laptop /kernel: pccard: card inserted, slot 0
>Dec 4 02:29:05 laptop pccardd[54]: Card "3Com Corporation"("3C589D") =
[TP/BNC LAN Card Ver. 2a] [000002] matched "3Com Corporation" ("3C589") =
[(null)] [(null)]=20
>Dec 4 02:29:10 laptop /kernel: ep0: No irq?!
>Dec 4 02:29:10 laptop pccardd[54]: driver allocation failed for 3Com =
Corporation(3C589): Device not configured
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