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Date:      Fri, 07 Mar 2003 09:00:22 -0800
From:      "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>
To:        Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
Cc:        Gunnar Flygt <gunnar.flygt@sr.se>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, "Sergey A. Osokin" <osa@freebsd.org.ru>
Subject:   Re: Compaq Evo N800c and FreeBSD 
Message-ID:  <20030307170022.43F625D07@ptavv.es.net>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 07 Mar 2003 17:47:51 %2B0100." <20030307174751.A13421@freebie.xs4all.nl> 

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> Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 17:47:51 +0100
> From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
> Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
> 
> On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 05:45:01PM +0100, Gunnar Flygt wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 01:34:38PM +0100, Gunnar Flygt wrote:
> > > On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 02:27:24PM +0300, Sergey A. Osokin wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 09:59:34AM +0100, Gunnar Flygt wrote:
> > > > > Sad to say that this machine works but not much more with
> > > > > 5.0-CURRENT. The whole pccard thing is not working at all.
> > > > > 
> 
> > > > What do you use for -CURRENT: OLDCARD or NEWCARD?
> > > 
> > > Right out of the box NEWCARD I guess. Haven't given it a thought
> > > > 
> > > > -- 
> > OK! So now I've also tested with OLDCARD. It isn't any better. Result:
> > pccard: card inserted, slot 0
> > 
> > And that's it. It doesn't detect the card or inform anything more.
> > 
> > So should I say that this brand new Compaq Laptop is NO GO for FreeBSD
> > CURRENT? Just to inform you, I've tried Linux RedHat 8 and Mandrake of
> > some brand (8.x probably) with even worse result. They don't even boot.
> > 
> > So it seems Compaq has done it. Being totally dedicated to M$
> 
> My guess: ACPI only laptop?

hw.cbb.start_memory="0x20000000" fixed this for me on my ThinkPad.

R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman@es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634

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