Date: Fri, 16 Feb 96 09:54:56 EST From: jleppek@suw2k.hisd.harris.com (James Leppek) To: nate@sri.MT.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: do 3c589c pcmcia cards work Message-ID: <9602161454.AA26508@suw2k.hisd.harris.com>
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Nate, Thanks for the help, good that you posted back to questions because I did not see any other mail :-( I would ask you to send me the headers from the bounced mail but it would probably bounce.... as to your questions: I ran the 3com config program(actually called install now) no card services runnning card info is correct for irq, port, iomem a card is detected in the slot but not as a zp device rebuilt kernel with ZP_DEBUG to see whats going on and it looks like the problem occurs during eeprom data reads it does get the card info correct (the 3com ident string) now here is the fun part :-) :-) I config the card up to irq:10 port 300 iomem is DE00 boot fbsd, card probe fails halt, re-examine card info, surprise!! card parameters are now irq:10 port:300 iomem:DC00 !! iomem base has been reconfigured Hmmm lets try another fbsd boot sure enough after the failed probe looking at the card info I now see irq:10 port:300 iomem DA00 and yes this trend continues, each probe seems to reconfig the iomem of the card down by the same value just for fun I kept doing it and got D800 D600 D400 D200 D000 DE00 it wraps at this point no other parameters appear to be effected just the CIS base address It is like the card is seeing itself and sensing the space in use reconfig's itself to a lower address??? any hints Jim Leppek ps a reply to questions would be most helpful if mail to me bounces, I seem to get freebsd mail, must be divine intervention :-) > From owner-freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org Wed Feb 14 17:49:19 1996 > Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 14:59:31 -0700 > From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> > To: jleppek@suw2k.hisd.harris.com (James Leppek) > Cc: nate@rocky.sri.MT.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Re: do 3c589c pcmcia cards work > Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org > > Email to James is bouncing all over the place for some un-known reason > since I can resolve everything, so I'm posting this back to the list in > the hopes that he can see it. > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > Thanks for the quick reply :-) > > I am giving a demo of some research things we did using freebsd :-) > > to so I am a little edgy :-( > > > > I looked at the port settings and it was ok, I have a 3c589B card > > and it works like a champ, but if I put in the 3c589C no go. > > and of course I need 3 cards and have 1 B and 2 C cards :-( > > > > did the other folks use them under stable or current? > > It doesn't matter since the driver hasn't changed, so it doesn't make > any different but they were using -stable. > > > I am using stable on the notebooks. > > > > Thanks for the info, I may have to run around town and > > find some folks with 3c589B cards, Hmmmm my wife will not > > understand on valentines day :-( > > I'm 99.9% positive that the C model works. Are you *absolutely* sure > that the card's configuration is the same as what FreeBSD expects? You > need to make sure that the port, IRQ, *and* IOMEM are the same. > (Unfortunately on the first two are settable, so the third must be > obtained by looking at another menu entry in the program that configures > them). Are you *sure* that you configured them w/out Card services > running (which won't save the settings in NVRAM). > > Is the found on bootup? If yes, do you have the correct 'link' > parameters set in the ifconfig line for your network connector? > > > Nate >
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