Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 14:59:53 +0100 From: alan.edmonds@t-mobile.net To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Compaq Evo N800c and FreeBSD Message-ID: <F53B8F7D87F20947B298C34CB0A513FFA83DFA@tmex01.hammersmith.t-motion.co.uk>
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As a followup, the setting > > hw.cbb.start_memory="0x20000000" allow 5.0-current to successfully use my Intel 2011 card on my Compaq Evo n410c laptop. It has a buggy ACPI implementation. Alan Edmonds > -----Original Message----- > From: Gunnar Flygt [mailto:gunnar.flygt@sr.se] > Sent: 11 March 2003 13:55 > To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Compaq Evo N800c and FreeBSD > > > On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 08:36:44AM +0100, Gunnar Flygt wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 02:24:31PM -0800, Greg Smith wrote: > > > Gunnar, > > > > > > Maybe running of pccardd along with the memory setting of > Kevin will do > > > the job. > > > > I just rebooted with the following setting: > > hw.cbb.start_memory="0x20000000" > > > > And now my Netgear card is detected as wi0 Will try to configure > > the card to see if it is working properly :) > > Now I've tried to configure the card exactly the way I do n 4.7 > and it doesn't work. It never detects the other station. > > I also tried my Cardbus 3ComMegahertz 3CCFE575BT and the result is > same as before. The machine hangs > > > > So it seems I'm cosing up to a solution!? > > > > > > Good luck. > > > > > > Greg > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > >On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 08:50:38AM -0800, Greg Smith wrote: > > > >> Gunnar, > > > >> > > > >> Did you have pccardd running? With pccard_enable="YES" in > > > /etc/rc.conf > > > >> or wherever it might go in 5.0. > > > >> > > > >> It won't be automatically started with NEWCARD. > > > > > > > >Yes, it was activated. i.e it says pccard_enable="YES" > in /etc/rc.conf > > > >but it isn't running when I look closer after a boot, so I added > > > >pccardd_flags="-z" which used to help. But not this time. > > > > > > > >When I put a card in the port it says: > > > >end (ffffffff) > sc->memlimit (803fffff) > > > >pccard0: Card has no functions! > > > >cbb0: PC Card card activation failed > > > > > > > >And that's it. > > > > > > > >So I put in the pccardd_flags="-z" > > > > > > > >But that makes no difference. The machine doesn't like > pccard when > > > >running CURRENT. > > > >> > > > >> Greg > > > >> > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > > >> > > > >> >OK! So now I've also tested with OLDCARD. It isn't any better. > > > Result: > > > >> >pccard: card inserted, slot 0 > > > >> > > > > >> >And that's it. It doesn't detect the card or inform > anything more. > > > >> > > > > >> >So should I say that this brand new Compaq Laptop is NO GO for > > > FreeBSD > > > >> >CURRENT? Just to inform you, I've tried Linux RedHat > 8 and Mandrake > > > of > > > >> >some brand (8.x probably) with even worse result. > They don't even > > > >> boot. > > > >> > > > > >> >So it seems Compaq has done it. Being totally dedicated to M$ > > > >> > > > > >> >Boring. I won't ever buy a Compaq laptop again. Pity > I didn't stay > > > >> >with Toshiba. Had only good things to say about my Tecra 9100. > > > >> >Until it died electrically for me. > > > >> > > > > >> >-- > > > >> >Gunnar Flygt, SR > > > >> > > > > >> >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > >> >with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > >-- > > > >Gunnar Flygt, Postmaster SR > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Gunnar Flygt, Postmaster SR > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > -- > Gunnar Flygt, Postmaster SR > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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