From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 9 09:05:13 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDDC416A4CE for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 09:05:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from www.wcborstel.nl (wcborstel.demon.nl [82.161.134.53]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C6EA43D4C for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 09:05:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jorn@wcborstel.nl) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.wcborstel.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ED754378; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 10:05:31 +0100 (CET) Received: from www.wcborstel.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (www.wcborstel.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 14471-04; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 10:05:30 +0100 (CET) Received: from www.wcborstel.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.wcborstel.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E10C408C; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 10:05:30 +0100 (CET) From: "Jorn Argelo" To: "Loren M. Lang" , questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 10:05:30 +0100 Message-Id: <20041209090252.M75753@wcborstel.nl> In-Reply-To: <20041209074943.GA32126@alzatex.com> References: <20041209074943.GA32126@alzatex.com> X-Mailer: Open WebMail 2.41 20040926 X-OriginatingIP: 82.161.134.53 (jorn) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at mail.wcborstel.nl Subject: Re: RTL8139 Carbus Card fails to activate X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 09:05:13 -0000 On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 23:49:43 -0800, Loren M. Lang wrote > I sent a request for help on this problem earlier, but with no luck > in solving it. Now that I have some more information about it and a > better understanding I hope this problem can be fixed. I have a > 10/100 fast ethernet carbus card that uses the realtek 8139 chipset > that I'd like to use with FreeBSD. I have 5.3-RELEASE installed on > a PIII Celeron in a Compaq Presario Laptop. The card is reconized > and the rl driver seems to load, but fails to map the card's memory > or i/o ports. Here is the appropriate kernel messages: > > cbb alloc res fail > cardbus0: Can't get memory for IO ports > cbb alloc res fail > re0: couldn't map ports/memory > cbb alloc res fail > rl0: couldn't map ports/memory > cardbus0: at device 0.0 (no driver attached) > cbb0: CardBus card activation failed Well, if you ask me, your card is simply not supported by the rl or the re driver (Correct me if I'm wrong). Or your card is broken. Can you confirm that the card is still 100% functional? Cheers, Jorn > > Intrestingly, it looks like two different realtek drivers are trying > to access it, re and rl. Can this cause a problem and is there a > way to determine the correct driver for it? I think rl is the one I > need. Here's pciconf -vl for the card: > > none3@pci2:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x813910ec chip=0x813910ec rev=0x10 > hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor' > device = 'RT8139 (A/B/C/810x/813x/C+) Fast Ethernet Adapter' > class = network > subclass = ethernet > > Also, /dev/card0 does not exist, is this a legacy item from 4.x and > earlier. If so, then pccardd and pccardc are also no longer needed? > > It seems like somewhere I saw a similar problem with another cardbus > card and the solution was to set some sysctl like allow_unsupported > something or another in the loader at boot. > > -- > I sense much NT in you. > NT leads to Bluescreen. > Bluescreen leads to downtime. > Downtime leads to suffering. > NT is the path to the darkside. > Powerful Unix is. > > Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc > Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"