Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2003 18:06:50 -0700 From: "Nick Friese" <nesboy28@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, imp@freebsd.org Subject: PCIC based PCMCIA card Message-ID: <BAY2-F120rgbteSKygm0002d306@hotmail.com>
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After a long time trying to figure out how to get my PCIC based PCMCIA controller to work, I hit IRC.FREENODE.NET to ask #freebsd. I had recompiled/installed my kernel with'device pcic' and made sure i had 'device wi' there (for my cabletron roamabout pc card). Upon reboot i saw 'PCICO AT PORT 0x3e0 IOMEM 0xd000 - 0xdifff IRQ 3 on ISA0' and then 'pcic_attach found no sockets' and last 'device_probe_and_attach returned 6'. IFCONFIG -A didnt show a wi0 or any 'wi' interfaces (just loop and the ethernet card). Nothing about the wifi card showed up when the kernel was loading (i double checked). I tried unplugging and then plugging the pc card back in - no text appeared on the console, no detection. When I asked in the channel, someone by the handle 'masta' told me that pcic hardware was hard to come by and that my help might be needed to debug the 'bus-driver'. He also gave me the name "Warner Losh" and his email address. Is it really true that these PCIC based PCMCIA controllers are hard to come by? Why is the PCIC code broken? I am willing to help test and debug any new modules for these PCIC controllers. ---EXTRA INFO: the BSD box is a 233Mhz Pentium Classic (MMX) with 256MB of ram, 4GB hard drive. The PCMCIA controller card is a ISA card and right now I have a 'Cabletron RoamAbout 802.11b" pc card installed in it. Useless info: box has a USB 2.0 controller (VIA), ATI Rage Pro Turbo based All-in-Wonder, and some other spare parts. Its really just a spare parts box that i was looking into making a router (and maybe a wifi AP). Thanks, Nick A. Fries "Black holes are where God divided by zero." - Steven Wright _________________________________________________________________ Enjoy MSN 8 patented spam control and more with MSN 8 Dial-up Internet Service. Try it FREE for one month! http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup
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