Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 14:11:59 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Greg Kintz <gakintz@usa.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WaveLAN/IEEE Card in Desktop Message-ID: <20010117141159.E7052@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20010116085951.28692.qmail@nwcst290.netaddress.usa.net>; from gakintz@usa.net on Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 08:59:51AM %2B0000 References: <20010116085951.28692.qmail@nwcst290.netaddress.usa.net>
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On Tuesday, 16 January 2001 at 8:59:51 +0000, Greg Kintz wrote: > I have been trying to install a Lucent WaveLAN/IEEE (Orinoco) > pccard in my desktop BSD box. I am using the Lucent ISA-pccard > adapter. I finally got BSD to recognize the PC card adapter. I > recompiled the kernel with a new irq for pcic0 (11 instead of 10) and > did a trial and error routine with the jumpers on the card. > > However, I plugged in the orinoco card, and the computer > recognized it as wi0, but with an error message: > wi0: No irq?! > ... uugate pccardd[48]: driver allocation failed for Lucent > Technologies(WaveLAN/IEEE): Device not configured > I sometimes get a message: wi0: No I/O space!? > > I inserted the orinoco card into the laptop we configured with Free > BSD and got: > wi0: <WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11> at port 0x240-0x27f irq 3 slot 0 on > pccard0 > wi0: Ethernet address ... > So the card works fine with FreeBSD in a laptop, but it is not working > with the ISA/pccard adapter. > > By default, when pccardd is started at boot, it reads > /etc/pccard.conf.sample. I created a new file, /etc/pccard.conf with > only the general setting at the beginning of the file, and the WaveLAN > settings: > debuglevel 99 > io 0x280-0x360 > irq 3 5 9 > > > I have tried a variety of irq settings and a variety of base addresses, > but I am never able to get past the error. Well, the obvious first step is to find out which IRQs are free. Take a look at the dmesg output and see which are there. You might find that you'll have to run the pcic in polling mode. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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