Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 16:28:23 +0200 (CEST) From: Joerg Pulz <Joerg.Pulz@frm2.tum.de> To: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Use PCMCIA instead of CardBus? Message-ID: <20050511162650.Q2531@hades.admin.frm2> In-Reply-To: <200505110913.31469.kirk@strauser.com> References: <200505090942.56059.kirk@strauser.com> <200505101337.53863.kirk@strauser.com> <200505110913.31469.kirk@strauser.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 11 May 2005, Kirk Strauser wrote: > On Tuesday 10 May 2005 16:15, Warner Losh wrote: > >> I have no idea what you are asking for. > > Let me restate my original dilemma. My laptop can only use my WLAN card > when it's configured as a 16-bit PCMCIA device and not as a 32-bit CardBus > device. > > In NetBSD, this can be accomplished by typing "boot -c" at its loader prompt > and typing "disable cbb*" to disable the cbb (CardBus) drivers, which > leaves the pcic (PCMCIA) drivers to correctly configure the card. After > doing this, the card works exactly as hoped. > > Similarly, I can get the same effect under Linux by disabling the "32-bit > CardBus support" option; the end result is a happily working WLAN card. > > However, commenting out "device cbb" in my FreeBSD kernel results in a > non-working setup. By that, I mean that the card's lights never flicker as > it's being inserted (as it would do under NetBSD and Linux when it's being > probed). In fact, I get no debugging information at all, whether > from /var/log/messages or via dmesg. > > Any ideas where I could go from here? You should take a look into src/sys/i386/conf/OLDCARD change the appropriate lines in you kernel configuration and rebuild your kernel. Hope that is what you are searching for.. Joerg - -- The beginning is the most important part of the work. -Plato -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCghaJSPOsGF+KA+MRAuoDAJ0UcPuJJaCjm2ATNM4n/5tS1lKorwCfeDvA 6Xin6+TqW0pK8GQ6rlD3sTk= =2oKa -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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