Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 14:37:39 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Michael Graffam <mgraffam@mathlab.sunysb.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PCMCIA NIC for use w/ FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20030206040739.GQ72435@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0302052249540.21886-100000@SunRa.mathlab.sunysb.edu> References: <20030206033432.GM72435@wantadilla.lemis.com> <Pine.GSO.4.44.0302052249540.21886-100000@SunRa.mathlab.sunysb.edu>
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On Wednesday, 5 February 2003 at 22:56:27 -0500, Michael Graffam wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
>> Hmm, this could be a simple problem to solve. What version of FreeBSD
>> are you using?
>
> None yet :(
That makes it difficult to get the card to work.
> I'm trying to install 5.0 -- but I'd settle for 4.x
You might possibly find 4.7 easier in this case. 5.0 has completely
rewritten PC Card drivers, and it may be more difficult to get it to
work there.
>> What appears in dmesg and /var/log/messages?
>
> I don't think these are around in install floppy image, but I'll make up
> a new floppy set and see.
No, you won't have /var/log/messages during installation. dmesg will
be available via the Alt-F4 shell. Do you need the card at install
time? It's easier to debug later.
>>> I suspect that *BSD would work if it correctly identified the card
>>> as NE2K compatible and just tried to do it.
>>
>> We call it FreeBSD or BSD, not *BSD.
>
> Well, I meant the entire BSD family {Net,Open,Free}BSD
Understood. We call them BSD, not *BSD.
> none of them actually work; though all notice the card is there,
> they just don't know what driver to use.
OK, this is looking like an identification problem. I suspect we can
fix it if you install 4.7.
>>> Any way I can force that?
>>
>> Depends on the version you're running. I suspect I know a way if
>> you're running 4.x.
>
> I'll try 4.x if it'll help.
Should do. In the meantime, I'll check how to apply the same fix to
5.0.
Greg
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