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Date:      Mon, 19 Apr 2004 11:55:26 -0400
From:      Jesse Guardiani <jesse@wingnet.net>
To:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   firewire cardbus recommendations?
Message-ID:  <c60spf$lpg$1@sea.gmane.org>

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Howdy list,

I've determined that the 4 pin firewire port on my IBM A30p, while
being detected by the kernel, seems to be incapable of detecting
a bus powered 6 pin external SBP hdd. I even tried putting a self
powered firewire hub between the hdd and my 4 pin port with no
change in behavior (i.e. the hdd wasn't detected).

However, I *have* tried the drive with multiple 6 pin firewire
controllers (Mac Powerbook and PCI Firewire VIA controller under
FreeBSD 5.2.1-RC2), so I think the best solution is to buy a
6 pin firewire cardbus card for my laptop.

Does anyone have one that they recommend for use with 5.2.1? I know
that `man fwohci` lists workable chipsets, but I find it difficult
to find cardbus cards that list the chipset.

Thanks!

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Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator
WingNET Internet Services,
P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605
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