From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jul 7 1:14: 5 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94A3314FA7; Wed, 7 Jul 1999 01:13:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id RAA06663; Wed, 7 Jul 1999 17:43:47 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.3/8.9.0) id RAA01450; Wed, 7 Jul 1999 17:43:46 +0930 (CST) Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 17:43:46 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Ettikan Kandasamy Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: PCCARD Installation Message-ID: <19990707174346.G447@freebie.lemis.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: ; from Ettikan Kandasamy on Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 03:47:29PM +0900 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog X-PGP-Fingerprint: 6B 7B C3 8C 61 CD 54 AF 13 24 52 F8 6D A4 95 EF Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [following up to -questions; -hardware and -hackers are not appropriate for this question] On Wednesday, 7 July 1999 at 15:47:29 +0900, Ettikan Kandasamy wrote: > > > I'm trying to install 3Com Fast Ethernet 10/100 Base-TX (model > 3CCFE575BT-D) into my Dell laptop-freeBSD 2.2.8. Could some one help me with the > setup/installation procedure. > > I tried modifying the GENERIC file for the kernel and /etc/pccard* files. But > did not succeed. > > 1) Does FreeBSD 2.2.8 has the driver for it or I need to download > it. ( if no where can I download it) ? I don't know. I don't see this particular model anywhere in our documentation, but it's likely that the 3C579/3C589 driver would work. In any case, I'd recommend you move to FreeBSD 3.2 before expending a lot of work on a release which is no longer supported. > 2) Is there any page gives the step by step installation guide for > this purpose. ?? Let me know. It appears that there isn't. > 3) If not how/ where to begin ?? Well, I'm planning to write a chapter about mobile computing in the next edition of "The Complete FreeBSD", but it's not in any shape to show at the moment. Basically, here's what you need to do: 1. Build a kernel with the following device entries: # PCCARD (PCMCIA) support controller card0 device pcic0 at card? irq 0 device pcic1 at card? irq 0 2. Copy /etc/pccard.conf.sample to /etc/pccard.conf. 3. Run pccardd (just start it). 4. Insert your PCMCIA board. 5. Watch the messages that appear on the console. You'll get one of these (or something like it): Jul 7 17:33:53 mojave pccardd[56962]: No card in database for "3Com Corporation"("3CCFE575BT-D") This message shows that pccardd has found the card, but that it doesn't know how to configure it. ep0: utp/bnc[*UTP*] address 00:60:97:40:fb:e1 This one means that pccardd has found the card and has configured it. 6. I think it's unlikely that the standard pccardd will recognize your card, since nothing I've seen recognizes the 3CCFE575BT-D ID. Look at the contents of /etc/pccard.conf. You'll find an entry like: # 3Com Etherlink III 3C589D card "3Com Corporation" "3C589D" config 0x1 "ep0" ? insert echo 3Com Etherlink III inserted insert /etc/pccard_ether ep0 remove echo 3Com Etherlink III removed remove /sbin/ifconfig ep0 delete Change the second line of this entry to: card "3Com Corporation" "3CCFE575BT-D" The two strings must be *exactly* what appeared in the console message above. Save the file, stop pccardd (kill will do it) and restart it. With any luck, pccardd should bind the driver to the board, and the driver should recognize it. Let me know how this works; I need some examples for the book, and this would help me too. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message