Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 13:14:56 -0800 From: Eric Hedstrom <erich@peregrine.com> To: axtjr@uaa.alaska.edu Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mitsubishi Pedion em & PAO3 Message-ID: <3A2EAC50.27C0452@peregrine.com> References: <FDBB706C3FF1D311BE0200902787324601A655@morpheus.uaa.alaska.edu>
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Hi Tom,
The 589D should work fine. I'm using one along with a 589C under FreeBSD
3.4.
It looks like your pccardd isn't being activated at all. Try changing the
lines in rc.conf from
apm_enable=YES="YES"
pccard_enable=YES="YES"
to
apm_enable="YES"
pccard_enable="YES"
and see how that goes. You may also need to uncomment the irq line at the
top of pccard.conf. If that still doesn't do it, see if your BIOS setup
has an option to run the Cardbus controller in Legacy/PCMCIA mode instead
of Cardbus mode.
Finally, it looks like you'll need to add an entry to pccard.conf for the
modem. The one from 4.2 stable looks like
# 3com/USR/Megahertz 3CCM556
card "3Com" "3CXM/3CCM556"
config 0x23 "sio" ?
and it looks like the format in 3.51 is a little different, more like
# 3com/USR/Megahertz 3CCM556
card "3Com" "3CXM/3CCM556"
config auto "sio1" any
Let us know how it goes! :)
eric
erich@ucsd.edu
axtjr@uaa.alaska.edu wrote:
>
> Eric & Mobile gurus,
> Taking the suggestions from Eric, I pulled my 3CXFE575BT card. I checked the
> dmesg (which I've included), along with all the config files I thought were
> applicable. I pulled my network card, and tried getting FreeBSD to recognize
> the my modem with no luck.
>
> I found another network card a 3Com Etherlink III (Model 3C589D-TP) to try
> and get functional. If I had my preferences I'd rather have ethernet working
> over my modem, but both preferably.
>
> I'm not as familar with laptops, and consequencely PCMCIA cards. Any
> direction or insight or pointers would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Eric Hedstrom [mailto:erich@peregrine.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 4:28 PM
> > To: axtjr@uaa.alaska.edu
> > Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
> > Subject: Re: Mitsubishi Pedion em & PAO3
> >
> >
> > Cardbus cards aren't supported in 3.x with or without PAO;
> > you'd need to
> > use 5-CURRENT to get support for the 3CXFE575BT. And right
> > now from what I
> > understand even with 5-CURRENT you can't use Cardbus cards and PCCards
> > with the same kernel, so you couldn't use your two cards
> > together anyway.
> >
> > You should be able to get the modem card to work, though, as an sio
> > device. Send in the output you get from running "dmesg" so we can see
> > what's going wrong. Do you have pccardd enabled in rc.conf?
> > What messages
> > do you get if you have the modem plugged in but not the network card?
> >
> > eric
> > erich@ucsd.edu
> >
> > axtjr@uaa.alaska.edu wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello.
> > >
> > > Its my hope that someone can help me in my endeavors to get
> > FreeBSD 3.5.1
> > > and and PAO-3.5.1-Release working on my Mitsubishi Pedion em.
> > >
> > > Its a PII/266, 96M, 2G partition, w/ 3Com Megahertz 10/100
> > LAN CardBus PC
> > > Card (Model 3CXFE575BT), and 3Com Megahertz 56K Cellular
> > Modem PC Card
> > > (Model 3CXM556).
> > >
> > > I've downloaded, compiled, and installed PAO3-20001021
> > package. I grep'd the
> > > /etc/pccard.conf, finding several 3Com cards but not an
> > exact match to my
> > > card.
> > >
> > > Leaving the pccard.conf file in place, I rebooted my
> > machine. I got a
> > > message during bootup 'Initializing PC-Card drivers: ed ep
> > fe sio wdc' .
> > >
> > > I check the processes after logging in and do not find
> > pccardd running, I
> > > attempt to start it manually and get this error: 'fatal
> > error: No PC-CARD
> > > slots'.
> > >
> > > If anyone could give some advice on how to get my laptop
> > online, I'd greatly
> > > appreciate it :) If you need any additional information
> > I'll be happy to
> > > provide it.
> > >
> > > Thanks in Advance,
> > > Tom
> > >
> > > PS. I'm not actively subscribed to this list, so could you
> > please respond
> > > directly to me. Much appreciated.
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