From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 10 10:33:38 2004 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 E7FBC16A4CE for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 10:33:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from royk.itea.ntnu.no (royk.itea.ntnu.no [129.241.190.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 404D043D1D for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 10:33:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from janchris@stud.ntnu.no) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by royk.itea.ntnu.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07E7E67144; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:33:18 +0100 (CET) Received: from panter.stud.ntnu.no (panter.stud.ntnu.no [129.241.56.186]) by royk.itea.ntnu.no (Postfix) with ESMTP; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:33:17 +0100 (CET) Received: by panter.stud.ntnu.no (Postfix, from userid 32277) id B452112D52; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:33:17 +0100 (MET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by panter.stud.ntnu.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id A237012D3C; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:33:17 +0100 (MET) Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:33:17 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Christian Meyer To: "Loren M. Lang" In-Reply-To: <20041209074943.GA32126@alzatex.com> Message-ID: References: <20041209074943.GA32126@alzatex.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Content-Scanned: with sophos and spamassassin at mailgw.ntnu.no. cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: RTL8139 Carbus Card fails to activate 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, 10 Dec 2004 10:33:39 -0000 Greetings! > I have a 10/100 fast ethernet carbus card that uses the realtek 8139 > chipset that I'd like to use with FreeBSD. I have 5.3-RELEASE > installed on a PIII Celeron in a Compaq Presario Laptop. > The card is reconized and the rl driver seems to load, but fails to map > the card's memory or i/o ports. Here is the appropriate kernel > messages: > > cbb alloc res fail > cardbus0: Can't get memory for IO ports > cbb alloc res fail > re0: couldn't map ports/memory > cbb alloc res fail > rl0: couldn't map ports/memory > cardbus0: at device 0.0 (no driver attached) > cbb0: CardBus card activation failed > I upgraded my laptop (Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook C4355) to 5.3 this week, and had the same problem. My card started working when i disabled ACPI. I don't have a sufficiently pointy hat to tell you _why_ this happened... It shouldn't be like that, separate parts of the system, mumble grumble, but in the spirit of empirical observation: It Worked For Me. YMMV, disclaimer, small print, etc. > I think rl is the one I need. I think you're right. Good luck, -Jan Christian