Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 13:02:38 +1030 From: Nathan Johncock <nathan@bridgeonline.com.au> To: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Toshiba Laptop & Xircom REM56 Message-ID: <0112271302380A.03167@natman.bosinternal> In-Reply-To: <200112270212.fBR2C6708108@bunrab.catwhisker.org> References: <200112270212.fBR2C6708108@bunrab.catwhisker.org>
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On Thursday 27 December 2001 12:42, you wrote: > From: Nathan Johncock <nathan@bridgeonline.com.au> > > >Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 12:33:01 +1030 > > > >I'm triying to get a Xircom Realport (PC-CARD 16bit) Ethernet + Modem > > working on a toshiba laptop running FreeBSD 4.4Release. I only am > > interrested in getting the Ethernet port working. > > > >the xe driver seems to be in the generic kernel and i have enabled pccard > > in rc.conf > > > >when the machine boots up it detects the card as a CEM56 ( card is REM56 ) > >and says driver allocation failed - device not configured. > > > >here is the entry from pccard.conf > > > ># Xircom Credit Card Ethernet 10/100 + modem (Ethernet part) (CEM56) > >card "Xircom" "CreditCard Ethernet 10/100 + Modem 56" > > config 0x27 "xe0" ? > ># config auto "sio2" ? > > insert /etc/pccard_ether $device start > > remove /etc/pccard_ether $device stop > > Curious; what I have in /etc/defaults/pccard.conf (I don't use > /etc/pccard.conf) is: > > # Xircom CreditCard Ethernet 10/100 + modem (Ethernet part) (CEM56) > card "Xircom" "CreditCard Ethernet 10/100 + Modem 56" > config 0x27 "xe" ? > # config auto "sio" ? > insert /etc/pccard_ether $device start > remove /etc/pccard_ether $device stop > > (The "xe0" vs. "xe" may be significant.) > > >What does it mean "device not configured" and how do i fix it? > > I just (this afternoon) bought an Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 Mobile Adapter > (16-bit version), and had a devil of a time getting it to work (same mode > of failure: "driver allocation failed for Intel(EtherExpress(TM) PRO/100 > PC Card Mobile Adapter16): Device not configured") until, following a hint > I found in the archives, I added > > machdep.pccard.mem_start=0xd0000 > > to /etc/sysctl.conf (both for -STABLE and -CURRENT). > > Works now. :-) > > Cheers, > david Hmmm the default setting was just 'xe' i saw some other docs with the xe0 so thought i'd try that. I changed it back to xe but no change.... Then i tried that machdep thingy you suggested and it looks like it may work now. Thanks a Million :) BTW what does the machdep.pccard.mem_start setting do? and should i have known to try this? is is documented anywhere? Thanks again Nathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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