Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2000 14:51:45 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: cjclark@home.com Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Install on DELL Latitude and Xircom CreditCard Ethernet Message-ID: <200002052251.OAA12829@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 04 Feb 2000 22:49:30 EST." <20000204224930.B44997@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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> 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. 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. 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. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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