Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 22:33:30 -0400 From: Joshua Fielden <shag@cris.com> To: Arizona Coyote <coyote@ratbert.aisol.net> Cc: Adolfo Pisa <adolfo@pentia.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ETHERLINK III PCMCIA Card dosent works. Message-ID: <341F417A.5DA96858@cris.com> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96.970917092210.2384A-100000@ratbert>
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I didn't cath the full thread here, due to non-BSD system failure, but for what it's worth, I have a TI 5200 with an Etherlink III that I installed over as "zp0" and have never enabled PC-Card services explicitly, as a twist of fate made this machine DNS/web server for our office. JF Arizona Coyote wrote: > Hi, > > Since no one has answered this one yet, I'll take a crack at it. The > FreeBSD docs for 2.2.2 indicate the that 3c589D is not supported. > Appartently, 3Com made some significant changes in the D-version of > the > card. > > The PAO patches should work with this card and 2.2.2 however. At > least it > is listed as being supported. > > http://www.jp.FreeBSD.org/PAO/ > > Another alternative is to upgrade to 3.0 which includes support for > your > card. I also have a 3c589D on my Thinkpad and so I just went for 3.0. > The > boot floppy recognized my card and it installed without any problems. > Works great for me. > > Finally, if you are using FreeBSD on a laptop, you might want to > subscribe > to freebsd-mobile instead of/in addition to freebsd-questions. There > is a > lot less traffic, and the discussion are usually relevant for most > laptop > users. > > Mark > > On Tue, 16 Sep 1997, Adolfo Pisa wrote: > > > ETHERLINK III PCMCIA card does not work. > > > > I have purchased a ETHERLINK III (3c589D) pcmcia card for my Laptop, > and > > I can't get it to work. > > > > Steps Taken: > > > > On FreeBSD 2.2.2 I have rebuild the kernel to add PCCARD > > support. > > > > controler crd0 > > device pcic0 at crd? > > device pcic1 at crd? > > > > I have not configured the card from Win95, but the default > IRQ > > and IO seem to be OK. > > > > In /etc/rc.conf set pc_card_enable to "yes". > > > > I restarted. > > > > What hapends: > > > > > > At boot time I get the messages "pccard XX driver added" > for > > the the sio and network drivers. XX is the name of the driver > > > > I also get later "/dev/card0 device not configured". > > > > None of the network drivers recognize the card, and give the > > > default "XX not found at xxx" > > ze0 should be the appropiate driver. > > > > > > What to do? : > > > > I dont know if I have made something wrong. > > > > What can I do to get it to work, or where to find > documentation > > about these drivers. > > Mark Andres E-mail: coyote@ratbert.aisol.net > / 100% Microsoft Free thanks to NetBSD and FreeBSD! \ > Mac Centris 650: NetBSD 1.2-current > IBM ThinkPad 220: FreeBSD 3.0-current > Macintosh IIcx: NetBSD 1.2.1 | http://bullwinkle.aisol.net/
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