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Date:      Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:13:04 +0800
From:      "Wood, Russell" <Russell.Wood@rac.com.au>
To:        <jvk-list@thekrafts.org>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: Xircom XE2000 card problem
Message-ID:  <D6B5375CBC761B4BAD78E414B4BB55724A21F1@mercury.rac.com.au>

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-
> questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of jvk-list@thekrafts.org
> Sent: Monday, 20 November 2006 12:08 AM
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Xircom XE2000 card problem
>=20
>=20
>    Asked this question a couple of days ago in freebsd-mobile, but
>    haven't heard anything.  I'm reposting here to, hopefully, a wider
>    audience...
>=20
>    I have an Inspiron 7000 laptop I've set up as a FreeBSD server
running
>    Version 6.1.  I have a Xircom XE2000 ethernet card I'd like to use.
>    It appears to be recognized by FreeBSD, but doesn't startup
>    correctly.  In searching I've seen references to it working with
>    FreeBSD, but indicate it should use the xe driver.
>=20
>    Here's what the dmesg says:
>    ed1: <Xircom 10/100 Network PC Card> at port 0x100-0x10f iomem
>    0x88000000-0x88000fff irq 1
>    1 function 0 config 1 on pccard0
>    device_attach: ed1 attach returned 6
>=20
>    Looking at the hardware list it should be supported by the dc or xe
>    drivers, but not the ed driver.  Am I missing something easy, or is
>    this card not reallyl supported at all?
>=20
>    Thanks,
>    Joe.

If you have a closer look, it is using the ed (4):

	ed1: <Xircom 10/100 Network PC Card> at port 0x100-0x10f iomem

Make sure you have the following devices compiled in your kernel:

	device miibus
	device ed

... also, you might need:

	device pccard
	device cardbus

Regards,
Russell Wood


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