From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Nov 9 8:24:58 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from smtp04.primenet.com (smtp04.primenet.com [64.211.219.53]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1871A37B41D for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2001 08:24:52 -0800 (PST) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp04.primenet.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA10158; Fri, 9 Nov 2001 09:24:42 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr01.primenet.com(206.165.6.201) via SMTP by smtp04.primenet.com, id smtpdAAAQRayXt; Fri Nov 9 09:24:34 2001 Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 09:30:21 -0700 (MST) From: Rudolfo Munguia To: Jim Binkley Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.4 pccard insanity In-Reply-To: <200111091606.IAA28676@sirius.cs.pdx.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Yes, that was tried, I set the available irq to 11, for both the pcic + ed0 then tried irq10 for the pcic and irq11 for the ed0, and it avoided the costly hard drive errors, but then would hang the box to where I would have to remove the battery to reboot. rudog@primenet.com 'If you're not living on the edge, then you're taking up too much space' On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Jim Binkley wrote: > > Have you tried limiting the possible irqs in /etc/defaults/pccard.conf > to some non-toxic irq like 11 ?! assuming it is not used. > i.e., make the irq pool assigned to the enet card, be something very > different from the HD. > > Jim Binkley > > Your message : > >Hello all, > > > >Here is the short version of my problem thus far, > > > >I inherited a Compaq Contura Aero 486sx33 laptop. It is equipped with 8mb > >ram and 160mb hd. Of course, I just had to Install FreeBSD :). > > > >Getting the hd changed from DOS3.2+WFW3.11 to FreeBSD4.4 was a breeze; > >although it did take approximately 6.5 hours to download and install over > >the handy plip cable I made just for the occasion. > > > >I am running 4.4-release minimal install generic kernel. This uses > >approximately 90% of my 36mb / partition and 80% of my 110mb /usr > >partition. I also created a 16mb swap partition. > > > >Everything ran beautifully out of the gate. Then I decided to upgrade to > >real Ethernet rather than use plip. I purchased a "Network Everywhere" > >NP10T as the box stated "NE2000 compatible"and it was listed in the > >pccard.conf. > > > >Inserting the card without pccard_enabled in the rc.conf and booting gave: > > > >pcic0: at port 0x3e0 iomem 0xd0000 on isa0 > >pcic0: Polling mode > >pccard0: on pcic0 > >pccard: card inserted, slot 0 > > > >with happy blinking link+status leds before mounting ad0 and going live. > > > >I then started pccardd from the command line and received: > > > >reboot in 15 seconds > > > >from which I was unable to abort, then was forced into manual fsck after > >the reboot. I have tried over a total of about 30 hours of troubleshooting > >to get a screenshot or dump of what is going on to post to the group, > > > >Basically what I have been able to determine is that the pcic > >implementation is arguing with something else over irq's and then tries to > >grab the ata/ad0 irq which causes a kernel panic, which then also causes > >page faults etc,etc, > > > >I have read through the past 2 years of post here on freebsd-mobile and > >see that many others ahve been suffering a similar fate. And I have tried > >all of the same fixes (mods to loader.conf / rc.conf / pccard.conf / > >pcic.c / sysctl.conf / kernel / BIOS+pnp+irq) to no avail. > > > >I am anxious to help remedy this problem as it would benefit everybody. > >Can anybody suggest/relate troubleshooting methods that they are unwilling > >or unable to try themselves? This is basically just a toy for me, so I am > >more than happy to drag it through the mud in the name of science. :) > > > >rudog@primenet.com > >'If you're not living on the edge, then you're taking up too much space' > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message