Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:09:17 -0800 From: Paul Hoffman <phoffman@proper.com> To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Want to use two PCCards on a laptop Message-ID: <p06200728bdbf10d51414@[10.20.30.239]> In-Reply-To: <20041116015821.GU816@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <p06200723bdbf01b08759@[10.20.30.239]> <20041116013357.GS816@wantadilla.lemis.com> <p06200726bdbf0bededae@[10.20.30.239]> <20041116015821.GU816@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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At 12:28 PM +1030 11/16/04, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >On Monday, 15 November 2004 at 17:45:42 -0800, Paul Hoffman wrote: >> At 12:03 PM +1030 11/16/04, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >>> On Monday, 15 November 2004 at 17:02:40 -0800, Paul Hoffman wrote: >>>> Greetings again. I want to use a laptop as a router under 4.10. I >>>> have two PCcards that it recognizes, but when starting up, after >>>> connecting to the first card, I get the message: > >>> pccard0: Can no attach more than one child. >>>> So, is this a limitation in the kernel that I can fix with a >>>> re-build? Something in one of the config files that I haven't figured >>>> out? Something that is fixed in 5.3? Or... ? >>> >>> This isn't a general problem. It must be related to your hardware, >>> but you don't say what it is. >> >> Sorry; didn't realize it might be relevant. Dell Inspiron 3500. >> FreeBSD is definitely seeing both cards; it responds nicely when I >> eject either of the cards. It just won't do anything useful when I >> insert the second card. More clues appreciated! > >More information appreciated. People shouldn't have to ask you twice >to know what cards you're using, or what the messages were. You might >like to take a look at http://www.lemis.com/questions.html. Doh! I saw "hardware" and I thought "computer". You are right, of course. 3Com EtherLink III, 3C569D 3Com Megahertz, 3CCE589ET The actual message seen in dmsg when putting in the second card is as above: pccard0: Can no attach more than one child. I can't get a file off the system yet, unfortunately, so I can't give the full dmesg output.
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