Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 18:59:23 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: raj@cisco.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing using 3COM Etherlink III PCMCIA card Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970313185813.2542C-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199703140144.RAA27827@rjohnson-home-ss20.cisco.com>
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On Thu, 13 Mar 1997 raj@cisco.com wrote: > > > I wouldn't mind purchasing one if you know for sure how to > > > configure it, and if it'll continue to work and be supported on > > > FreeBSD in the future! Where do I send my money? > > > > If they work now, they should later. We're checking on pricing, the D rev > > cards were backordered and we may be able to get something older a bit > > faster. > > >From what I've be able to discover, the AST Ascentia P50 uses a "PCI to > PCMCIA bridge". The system is shipped with "Cardwiz" for DOS and > Windows setups. I talked with a techie at AST and they told me that I > definitely can NOT use a "Point Enabler" and must use Cardwiz in order > access the card. Looking at FreeBSD information it appears as though > there is no support for PCMCIA bridges, although I'm seeing what looks > to be support under Linux. How odd. In this case you should certainly consider installing the PAO package, available at http://www.jp.freebsd.org/PAO. Not allowing point enablers would be a variation from previous PCIC's. > > Are you sure irq 5 is available, ie not used by a built-in soundcard? > > You'll get the timeout if it isn't responding to IRQs. > > That makes sense. Probably it's not getting the interrupt because you > must talk to it through this PCMCIA bridge. Generally the PCIC (the bridge) takes care of this, that's why it's a bridge. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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