Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 12:20:57 -0400 From: "Jim Stapleton" <stapleton.41@gmail.com> To: Vince <jhary@unsane.co.uk>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pccard slot not working properly Message-ID: <80f4f2b20610050920m345f60e7n78d844b4ebe7525d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <452523D8.3020300@unsane.co.uk> References: <80f4f2b20609291227u422291b6ucfc1d7b38a1c2a3e@mail.gmail.com> <20061003.002812.-1733292693.imp@bsdimp.com> <80f4f2b20610050806r7183aba4r5fed4cd372568278@mail.gmail.com> <452523D8.3020300@unsane.co.uk>
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Thanks, didn't help the onboard card (for which I found drivers through another message), nor did it reall change much in the results of the dmesg. I'll try it with a PCMCIA card when I get home. Thanks, -Jim Stapleton On 10/5/06, Vince <jhary@unsane.co.uk> wrote: > Jim Stapleton wrote: > > Alright, attached at the end is the (extremely large) results of your > > request. As I said in a previous reply, I didn't know what was the > > required information. Anyway, I'm getting this sooner than later, as > > the Intel drivers on Gentoo were nonfunctional, and I find, when > > things are broken, I'd rather be in BSD than Linux. > > > > Purely on the basis its a toshiba, have you tried adding > hw.pci.allow_unsupported_io_range=1 > to /boot/loader.conf ? > > (my old 8100 needs this for its pcmcia to work although the symptoms > don't quite match and i seem to remember another tecra i had needed this > also.) > > Vince > > > Thanks, > > -Jim Stapleton > > > > > > > > dmesg output > > > > <snipped> > > > > > > > > > On 10/3/06, M. Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: > >> I hate to sound like Bill Paul, but can you provide a little more > >> information? Like what card is this? Cardbus or PC Card? > >> > >> I'd boot -v and also turn on the following tunables: > >> hw.cbb.debug=1 > >> hw.pccard.cis_debug=1 > >> hw.pccard.debug=1 > >> hw.cardbus.cis_debug=1 > >> hw.cardbus.debug=1 > >> in /boot/loader.conf and post the dmesg here (or a pointer to it), in > >> addition to cc'ing me. My wife is expecting any day now, so I might > >> suddenly disappear for a couple of weeks. There are others here that > >> can help you out, however, if you post this basic information. > >> > >> Warner > >> > >> In message: <80f4f2b20609291227u422291b6ucfc1d7b38a1c2a3e@mail.gmail.com> > >> "Jim Stapleton" <stapleton.41@gmail.com> writes: > >> : I have a pccard wireless NIC, and I know it comes up and runs in > >> : Knoppix, but in FreeBSD, it is troubled. It is reported to work on one > >> : website, using NDIS, but I don't get far enough to make use of it. > >> : After some testing, I suspect it's the notebook not recognizing the > >> : pccard slot. > >> : > >> : - The cards diagnostic light blinks green and then goes off when > >> inserted > >> : - The card information does not appear in dmesg after insertion > >> : - The card appears to work fine in knoppix > >> : - I'll have a friend with some spare pccards come over tomorrow - her > >> : cards work on her BSD box just fine, just to verify if it's card or > >> : card controller. > >> : > >> : My question, the system is a Toshiba Satellite A105-4001. It is an > >> : i850/ICH7 based machine. What's the best way to see what the pccard > >> : device is, and figure out how to get it working? > >> : > >> : My main test that leaves me suspicious, I booted the machine with the > >> : card and ran the following commands: > >> : $ ls /dev > IL-dev > >> : $ dmesg > IL-dmesg > >> : $ pciconf > IL-pciconf > >> : > >> : Next, I rebooted it without the card: > >> : $ ls /dev > I-dev > >> : $ dmesg > I-dmesg > >> : $ pciconf > I-pciconf > >> : > >> : Next I diff'ed the IL files with their matching I files, the only > >> : difference that popped up with dmesg with the 'Timecounter "TSC" > >> : frequency [...]. entry, which to my knowledge, should not be related > >> : to the problem at all. > >> : > >> : Any suggestions? > >> : > >> : Thanks, > >> : -Jim Stapleton > >> : _______________________________________________ > >> : freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > >> : http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > >> : To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >> "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >> : > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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