From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 7 15:48:11 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD38A16A419 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 15:48:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@t-b-o-h.net) Received: from vjofn.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (vjofn-pt.tunnel.tserv1.fmt.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f00:ffff::5e5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6774C13C467 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 15:48:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@t-b-o-h.net) Received: from himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (cpe-68-175-8-11.hvc.res.rr.com [68.175.8.11]) (authenticated bits=0) by vjofn.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id m07FmA2k041022 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 10:48:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (localhost.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com [127.0.0.1]) by himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m07Fm5KA038652 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 10:48:05 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from ml@t-b-o-h.net) Received: (from tbohml@localhost) by himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (8.13.8/8.13.6/Submit) id m07Fm5eE038651 for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 10:48:05 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from tbohml) From: "Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET" Message-Id: <200801071548.m07Fm5eE038651@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 10:48:05 -0500 (EST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL8] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Readily available card on 5.5? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:48:11 -0000 Hi, It looks like my old reliable 16 bit Netgear wireless card is dying : Jan 4 23:01:47 himinbjorg dhclient: Listening on BPF/wi0/00:09:5b:3a:65:e0 Jan 4 23:01:47 himinbjorg dhclient: Sending on BPF/wi0/00:09:5b:3a:65:e0 Jan 4 23:01:47 himinbjorg dhclient: Sending on Socket/fallback Jan 4 23:01:57 himinbjorg kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_cmd 0x0002; event status 0x8008 Jan 4 23:01:57 himinbjorg kernel: wi0: timeout in wi_cmd 0x0000; event status 0x8008 Jan 4 23:01:57 himinbjorg kernel: wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear. Jan 4 23:01:57 himinbjorg kernel: wi0: init failed Jan 4 23:01:57 himinbjorg kernel: wi0: failed to allocate 2372 bytes on NIC Jan 4 23:01:57 himinbjorg kernel: wi0: tx buffer allocation failed (error 12) Jan 4 23:01:57 himinbjorg kernel: wi0: interface not running so I need to find a replacement. The system can only go as far as FreeBSD 5.5, anything past and it isn't happy. Is there some way to get an easily available PCMCIA card (I'll do something USB if its reliable enough) for 5.5? Thanks, Tuc