Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 13:01:45 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Paul Hoffman <phoffman@proper.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Want to use two PCCards on a laptop Message-ID: <20041116023145.GB5867@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <p06200728bdbf10d51414@[10.20.30.239]> References: <p06200723bdbf01b08759@[10.20.30.239]> <20041116013357.GS816@wantadilla.lemis.com> <p06200726bdbf0bededae@[10.20.30.239]> <20041116015821.GU816@wantadilla.lemis.com> <p06200728bdbf10d51414@[10.20.30.239]>
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--KFztAG8eRSV9hGtP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Monday, 15 November 2004 at 18:09:17 -0800, Paul Hoffman wrote: > 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 Can you borrow a different brand of card and see if that works? > 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. That would be helpful, preferably with a verbose debug. Can't you connect at least one of them? Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --KFztAG8eRSV9hGtP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBmWaRIubykFB6QiMRAtAuAJ4wQIfotLZPK4UQOrm+eu6Fk0FRhwCaA64X DIBwYAvejBM1OlgoIqdgU2M= =s63/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --KFztAG8eRSV9hGtP--
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