Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 17:33:54 +1000 From: Greg Black <gjb@gbch.net> To: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pccard mystery under 4.4-R Message-ID: <nospam-1009697634.05232@bambi.gbch.net> In-Reply-To: <200112290007.fBT07Ud06340@ptavv.es.net> of Fri, 28 Dec 2001 16:07:30 PST References: <200112290007.fBT07Ud06340@ptavv.es.net>
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"Kevin Oberman" wrote: | > From: Greg Black <gjb@gbch.net> | > | > "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 ... | | 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). This card has a nice white label stuck on one side and there may have been some nice printing on it at one time. It's just blank now. However, I checked the card in another Windows box today and it wanted to install a driver for a "Xircom CE2 Performance Series Credit Card Ethernet Adapter", so I'm going to assume it's a `2' for now ... | 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. Well, it seems not to be a CardBus item at least. Do we expect 4.5-R to have support for the `2'? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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