Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 01:12:05 -0400 From: William O'Higgins <william.ohiggins@utoronto.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PCMCIA NIC Message-ID: <20030912051205.GA2418@sillyrabbi.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.0.20030911145322.00a9be10@anything-inc.com> References: <20030911172118.GA501@sillyrabbi.dyndns.org> <20030911172118.GA501@sillyrabbi.dyndns.org> <5.2.0.9.0.20030911145322.00a9be10@anything-inc.com>
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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
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