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Date:      Sun, 18 Mar 2001 08:49:01 -0500
From:      "Otter" <otterr@telocity.com>
To:        "'Alex Varju'" <alex@varju.bc.ca>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: pccard problem with compaq armada e500
Message-ID:  <000501c0afb2$30cb8e60$1401a8c0@zoso>
In-Reply-To: <008601c0af87$265c41c0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>

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and as i recall, the 589 is a 10M card, where the 574 is a 10/100. If
you're looking for a 100, there's plenty of them supported. check out
the latest pccard.conf.
-Otter


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Ted
> Mittelstaedt
> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 3:41 AM
> To: Alex Varju; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: RE: pccard problem with compaq armada e500
>
>
> If you want to chase a problem and possibly find a fix then
> you won't like this, but if your just trying to get work done,
> you could do a lot worse than by replacing that 3C574B card
> with a 3C589 card.  The 589 cards are also cheap and plentiful.
>
> Ted Mittelstaedt                      tedm@toybox.placo.com
> Author of:          The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide
> Book website:         http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Alex Varju
> >Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001 11:48 PM
> >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> >Cc: alex@varju.bc.ca
> >Subject: pccard problem with compaq armada e500
> >
> >
> >Hi there,
> >
> >I am trying to install FreeBSD on a Compaq Armada e500, and
> have run into
> >a bit of a snag.  I've done a little bit of searching, and
> found somebody
> >else who seems to have had the same problem several months
> ago, with no
> >solution found:
> >
> >
> >http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=2335+4178+/usr/local/ww
> w/db/text/2000/freebsd-mobile/20001119.freebsd-mobile
> >
> >To summarize, I have a 3Com 3C574B card which hangs the laptop when
I
> >insert it (or boot with it inserted).  I installed
> 4.2-RELEASE from CD,
> >and started to play from there.
> >
> >I came up with some hair-brained plan to try enabling the
> kernel debugging
> >code, with the hopes that maybe I could figure out what is
> supposed to be
> >going on .. I don't actually have any clue what I would do
> once I was into
> >the debugger, but I thought it might be interesting to learn.
After
> >recompiling the release source to include 'option DDB', I
> rebooted and
> >suddenly everything worked.
> >
> >I figured that this was rather strange, but decided to take
> advantage of
> >my suddenly functional network connection and install a
> -STABLE snapshot
> >from earlier this month (march 3), as well as some packages.
>  After doing
> >all this, I rebooted with the -STABLE build of the kernel
> (DDB enabled),
> >and again the pc card wouldn't work.  I backed out to the
> -RELEASE kernel
> >that I compiled, and stuff resumed functioning.
> >
> >>From my perspective, this seems rather strange.  I have a
> machine that is
> >working, but I'm not comfortable with the fact that I can't make
any
> >changes to it without risking breaking things.  I'm
> completely willing to
> >put my share of work into trying to resolve this, but I
> don't have any
> >clue where to start looking.  Can somebody give me some advice or
> >suggestions here?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Alex
> >
> >--
> >alex varju <alex@varju.bc.ca>
> >just a guy
> >webct canada
> >
> >
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