Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 17:34:20 +0100 From: simond@irrelevant.org To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linksys PCMPC100 card problem Message-ID: <20010803173420.D95828@irrelevant.org> In-Reply-To: <20010803180647.B98762@lpt.ens.fr>; from rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in on Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 06:06:47PM %2B0200 References: <20010803180647.B98762@lpt.ens.fr>
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On Fri, Aug 03, 2001 at 06:06:47PM +0200, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > I'm running FreeBSD 4.2 on my laptop since it's the most recent I > could find in the shop. > > I'm having problems getting the laptop (Compaq Presario 1200) to > recognise my Linksys PC-Card PCMPC100 ethernet card, though it's > supposed to work with FreeBSD. If it's already inserted when I boot > the machine, the boot process stops after detecting the parallel port, > and the only thing I can do is reboot with ctrl-alt-del. If I try > inserting it after booting, the machine freezes completely and > immediately (no messages from pccardd either), there's nothing I can > do except a power-off. > > The PCMCIA socket is (according to Windows) a Texas Instruments > PCI-1410 CardBus. The memory is listed by Windows as 07C0000-07C0fff > but this doesn't agree with what's allowed by the pccardc(8) manpage. > If I insert the Windows value into /etc/pccard.conf I get an "illegal > address" complaint from pccardd. > > The card is not actually plugged into a network, I was just checking > whether it recognises it. In around 10 days time, I can try a > floppy/ethernet installation of FreeBSD 4.3 and see whether I fare > better. It seems some changes have been made to the linksys stuff > after 4.2. In the meantime, anything else I can do? It will really > be a big help if I can get this thing working on 4.2. Try setting an irq for pcic in your kernel config, the PCMPC100 definitely does work, it was used to send this email. -- Simon Dick simond@irrelevant.org "Why do I get this urge to go bowling everytime I see Tux?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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