From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 11 22:12:03 2003 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 6E8DF16A4BF for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 22:12:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from arrow.velocet.net (ptr.akibako.net [216.138.223.232]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC37A43F3F for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 22:12:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from willyyam@sillyrabbi.dyndns.org) Received: from sillyrabbi.dyndns.org (H241.C230.tor.velocet.net [216.138.230.241]) by arrow.velocet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43C877B8 for ; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 01:12:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from willyyam by sillyrabbi.dyndns.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 19xgE1-0000ek-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 01:12:05 -0400 Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 01:12:05 -0400 From: William O'Higgins To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030912051205.GA2418@sillyrabbi.dyndns.org> References: <20030911172118.GA501@sillyrabbi.dyndns.org> <20030911172118.GA501@sillyrabbi.dyndns.org> <5.2.0.9.0.20030911145322.00a9be10@anything-inc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.0.20030911145322.00a9be10@anything-inc.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: William O'Higgins Subject: Re: PCMCIA NIC 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: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 05:12:03 -0000 Original problem description: >>> ifconfig does not show the PCMCIA NIC (3Com 10/100, pretty standard and >>> works under Linux, so I expect it's supported), and after some looking I >>> think that I have the necessary kernel parameters built, but I'm >>> definitely missing something. One of several interesting replies: >FWIW, on my Thinkpad 600X w/ Linksys pcmcia, I had to use OLDCARD to >configure a kernel that would use the card. I may be missing the point, but >it might be worthy to note it also. Responses: It was suggested that I try ifconfig -a to see if the card was detected but not configured. It does not appear to be recognized. pccard_enabled="YES" was and is in my rc.conf, but that was a good suggestion. The card is found in dmesg, but I find a message that looks ominous: "32-bit cardbus not supported" or similar. I get the same message when I hotplug the card in. The card is a 3Com Megahertz 10/100 card, model number 3CCFE575BT I am disappointed to not see this card in /etc/defaults/pccard.conf I am running 4.8, and I suspect that this is obvious to the more knowledgable by this point. I don't quite know what to do with the suggestion that I use OLDCARD to configure a kernel. Could someone point me at some documentation? Request for Advice: If, in fact, I cannot use FreeBSD 4.8 and cardbus cards, am I better to get a 16-bit card (possibly tricky, I did some looking) or move to 5.x (which makes me, perhaps unnecessarily, nervous)? -- thanks to all, William