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Date:      Fri, 17 Sep 1999 16:25:31 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      Nick Hibma <nick.hibma@jrc.it>
To:        graeme.n.brown@bt.com
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Is 3Com Megahetz 3CCFE574BT Supported under FreeBSD-3.2-RELEASE a nd         PAO3 ?
Message-ID:  <Pine.GS4.4.10.9909171625020.9900-100000@elect8>
In-Reply-To: <71DA16F18D32D2119A1D0000F8FE9A9402B5A2CE@mbtlipnt01.btlabs.bt.co.uk>

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It looks like the cards are very cheap. Everybody buys them.

Check the archives, there should be more informatio there.

Nick



 > Am trying to get a suitable 100BaseT/10BaseT PCMCIA Ethernet card working
 > under FreeBSD-3.2-RELEASE and PAO3. Just bought a 3Com card which
 > I thought was a 3C574-TX but its product  code appears to be 
 > 3Com  Megahertz 3CCFE574BT.
 > 
 > I get the following pccardc dumpcis output :-
 > 
 > Configuration data for card in slot 0
 > Tuple #1, code = 0x1 (Common memory descriptor), length = 2
 >     000:  00 ff
 > 	Common memory device information:
 > 		Device number 1, type No device, WPS = OFF
 > 		Speed = No speed, Memory block size = reserved, 32 units
 > Tuple #2, code = 0x17 (Attribute memory descriptor), length = 3
 >     000:  43 02 ff
 > 	Attribute memory device information:
 > 		Device number 1, type EEPROM, WPS = OFF
 > 		Speed = 150nS, Memory block size = 8Kb, 1 units
 > Tuple #3, code = 0x20 (Manufacturer ID), length = 4
 >     000:  01 01 74 05
 > 	PCMCIA ID = 0x101, OEM ID = 0x574
 > Tuple #4, code = 0x21 (Functional ID), length = 2
 >     000:  06 00
 > 	Network/LAN adapter
 > Tuple #5, code = 0x15 (Version 1 info), length = 29
 >     000:  04 01 33 43 6f 6d 00 4d 65 67 61 68 65 72 74 7a
 >     010:  20 35 37 34 42 00 42 00 30 30 31 00 ff
 > 	Version = 4.1, Manuf = [3Com], card vers = [Megahertz 574B]
 > 	Addit. info = [B],[001]
 > Tuple #6, code = 0x1a (Configuration map), length = 6
 >     000:  02 03 00 00 01 03
 > 	Reg len = 3, config register addr = 0x10000, last config = 0x3
 > 	Registers: XX------ 
 > Tuple #7, code = 0x1b (Configuration entry), length = 15
 >     000:  c1 01 1d 71 55 35 55 54 e0 72 5d 65 30 ff ff
 > 	Config index = 0x1(default)
 > 	Interface byte = 0x1 (I/O)
 > 	Vcc pwr:
 > 		Nominal operating supply voltage: 5 x 1V
 > 		Max current average over 1 second: 3 x 10mA
 > 		Max current average over 10 ms: 5 x 10mA
 > 		Power down supply current: 5 x 1mA
 > 	Wait scale Speed = 7.0 x 100 ns
 > 	RDY/BSY scale Speed = 5.0 x 100 us
 > 	Card decodes 5 address lines, full 8/16 Bit I/O
 > 		IRQ modes: Level
 > 		IRQs:  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
 > Tuple #8, code = 0x19 (JEDEC descr for attribute memory), length = 3
 >     000:  00 00 ff
 > Tuple #9, code = 0x14 (No link), length = 0
 > Tuple #10, code = 0x10 (Checksum), length = 5
 >     000:  ae ff 5b 00 00
 > 	Checksum from offset 65454, length 91, value is 0x0
 > Tuple #11, code = 0xff (Terminator), length = 0
 > 2 slots found
 > 
 > I concocted this entry in etc/pccard.conf :-
 > 
 > # 3Com Megahertz 3CCFE574BT (experimental)
 > card "3Com" "Megahertz 574B"
 > 	config	default "ep0" any
 > 	insert	logger -s 3Com Megahertz 3C574B inserted
 > 	insert	/etc/pccard_ether $device
 > 	remove	logger -s 3Com Megahertz 3C574B removed
 > 	remove	/etc/pccard_ether_remove $device
 > 
 > I get the following  /var/log/messages :-
 > 
 > Sep 17 14:02:51 myname /kernel: Card inserted, slot 0
 > Sep 17 14:02:52 myname lpd[149]: restarted
 > Sep 17 14:02:53 myname pccardd[54]: Card "3Com"("Megahertz 574B") [B] [001]
 > matched "3Com" ("Megahertz 574B") [(null)] [(null)] 
 > Sep 17 14:02:56 myname /kernel: card0: assign ep0 iobase 0x300 irq 9
 > Sep 17 14:02:56 myname /kernel: ep0: failed to come ready.
 > Sep 17 14:02:56 myname /kernel: Return IRQ=9
 > Sep 17 14:02:56 myname pccardd[54]: driver allocation failed for 3Com
 > (Device not configured)
 > Sep 17 14:02:56 myname pccardd[54]: pccardd started
 > 
 > Has anyone had experience with this card and got it to work ?
 > 
 > I could have bought a D-Link DE650 card from same supplier.
 > Perhaps this would be a better choice as to finding a suported
 > 100BaseT/10BaseT card.
 > 
 > TIA
 > Graeme N Brown
 > email: graeme.n.brown@bt.com
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > 
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