Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 16:26:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Gordon Tetlow <gordont@bluemtn.net> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: <mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Xircom RealPort (was RE: how do I eject cards with newcard?) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0105141618160.76720-100000@sdmail0.sd.bmarts.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010510095201.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, 10 May 2001, John Baldwin wrote: > On 10-May-01 Gordon Tetlow wrote: > > I'm using newcard (cardbus) and I have a little problem that since pccardd > > doesn't start (can't find /dev/card0 (I'm using DEVFS)), I can't really > > hot swap pc cards. On the few occasions that I have ripped a card out, > > it's not been pretty. My system looks solid. So now that we have newcard, > > how do I safely eject pccards? > > > > -gordon > > You need to stop using the card before you eject it. For example, if it is a > network adapater, use ifconfig to down the interface. If it's an ata disk, > unmount it, etc. This is rather interesting, I have a multi-function adapter (RBEM56G-100) that does modem (via the sio driver with a patch) and fast ethernet (via the dc driver). I built my kernel without the patch to the sio driver (forgot to reapply it to the source after cvsup) and was able to eject my card fine as long as I wasn't stupid about ejecting the card while using the dc0 interface. Now, if I patch the sio driver source and rebuild my kernel, I can't eject the card or it locks the machine up hard. I realize that this isn't really supported until devd gets written, but is this a bug in the sio driver? or should I just be quiet and bide my time? -gordon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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