Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 12:13:18 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Glen <glenp@rmit.EDU.AU> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Acer 367T and FreeBSD Message-ID: <199810241913.MAA05614@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 21 Oct 1998 11:09:11 %2B1000." <19981021110911.47407@alzarius.its.rmit.edu.au>
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> Has anyone managed to get FreeBSD working on an Acer 367T notebook? Sounds like the answer is "no". 8) > The problem seems to be the cardbus controller which is a O2Micro 6833 > (according to O2Micro). It is a pin-compatible replacement for the 6832, > but there must be some tiny differences. Do you have documentation for the device by any chance? > The patches supplied by Mathias and Nate for FreeBSD v2.2.6 went as far as > the cardbus controller being recognised as an O2 Micro device, but that was > about it. It's likely that the device needs some tweaking to put it into pcic emulation mode. Does the BIOS offer any options to set the mode it operates in? -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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