From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 9 14:58:36 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A91016A4CE for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 14:58:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hosea.tallye.com (joel.tallye.com [216.99.199.78]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9628143D58 for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 14:58:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lorenl@alzatex.com) Received: from hosea.tallye.com (hosea.tallye.com [127.0.0.1]) by hosea.tallye.com (8.12.8/8.12.10) with ESMTP id iB9EwLYs013384 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 9 Dec 2004 06:58:21 -0800 Received: (from sttng359@localhost) by hosea.tallye.com (8.12.8/8.12.10/Submit) id iB9EwLh2013382; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 06:58:21 -0800 X-Authentication-Warning: hosea.tallye.com: sttng359 set sender to lorenl@alzatex.com using -f Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 06:58:21 -0800 From: "Loren M. Lang" To: Jorn Argelo Message-ID: <20041209145821.GC32126@alzatex.com> References: <20041209074943.GA32126@alzatex.com> <20041209090252.M75753@wcborstel.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041209090252.M75753@wcborstel.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-GPG-Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc X-GPG-Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C cc: "Loren M. Lang" cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RTL8139 Carbus Card fails to activate X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 14:58:36 -0000 On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 10:05:30AM +0100, Jorn Argelo wrote: > On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 23:49:43 -0800, Loren M. Lang wrote > > I sent a request for help on this problem earlier, but with no luck > > in solving it. Now that I have some more information about it and a > > better understanding I hope this problem can be fixed. I have a > > 10/100 fast ethernet carbus card that uses the realtek 8139 chipset > > that I'd like to use with FreeBSD. I have 5.3-RELEASE installed on > > a PIII Celeron in a Compaq Presario Laptop. The card is reconized > > and the rl driver seems to load, but fails to map the card's memory > > or i/o ports. Here is the appropriate kernel messages: > > > > cbb alloc res fail > > cardbus0: Can't get memory for IO ports > > cbb alloc res fail > > re0: couldn't map ports/memory > > cbb alloc res fail > > rl0: couldn't map ports/memory > > cardbus0: at device 0.0 (no driver attached) > > cbb0: CardBus card activation failed > > Well, if you ask me, your card is simply not supported by the rl or the re > driver (Correct me if I'm wrong). Or your card is broken. Can you confirm that > the card is still 100% functional? A few months ago I tried getting this card working and couldn't, before then and after then it's been used in a linux laptop just fine with the rtl8139 and 8130too drivers. Now I just traded it with the linux laptop again and it still doesn't work with freebsd. > > Cheers, > > Jorn > > > > > Intrestingly, it looks like two different realtek drivers are trying > > to access it, re and rl. Can this cause a problem and is there a > > way to determine the correct driver for it? I think rl is the one I > > need. Here's pciconf -vl for the card: > > > > none3@pci2:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x813910ec chip=0x813910ec rev=0x10 > > hdr=0x00 > > vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor' > > device = 'RT8139 (A/B/C/810x/813x/C+) Fast Ethernet Adapter' > > class = network > > subclass = ethernet > > > > Also, /dev/card0 does not exist, is this a legacy item from 4.x and > > earlier. If so, then pccardd and pccardc are also no longer needed? > > > > It seems like somewhere I saw a similar problem with another cardbus > > card and the solution was to set some sysctl like allow_unsupported > > something or another in the loader at boot. > > > > -- > > I sense much NT in you. > > NT leads to Bluescreen. > > Bluescreen leads to downtime. > > Downtime leads to suffering. > > NT is the path to the darkside. > > Powerful Unix is. > > > > Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc > > Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C