Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 15:19:38 -0500 From: Wayne Cuddy <wcuddy@crb-web.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: pcic drivers on NEC Ready 340T laptop Message-ID: <20011130151938.C32504@crb-web.com>
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I have installed FreeBSD 4.3 on my NEC Ready 340T laptop. There were no problems except for pcmcia/pcic detection. There are 2 sockets in the system, if I boot with a card in the top socket the system freezes during the pcic detection phase, the system will also freeze if I insert a card into that socket after the OS has loaded. The system does not lock in either case if a card is inserted into the bottom socket. It doesn't seem to make a difference whether the card is my 'ne' compatible network card or my 56K modem. Incidentally I also have loaded NetBSD 1.5.2 on this laptop, it had similar problems until I used the GENERIC.laptop kernel which solved the problem on initial boot but will freeze when the OS performs a warm reboot. In the dmesg boot output from NetBSD the kernel notices that both pcic do not have valid IO regions assigned to them by the BIOS and it performs a "address fix up" using the PCIBIOS. Could this be the problem with FreeBSD and if so are there options I can declare to get both sockets running smoother? Irritatingly enough, Linux 2.2.x/pcmcia has no problems dealing with this and I would rather run any *BSD than Linux.. I appreciate any suggestions. Wayne To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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