From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 19 08:55:32 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1656C16A4CE for ; Mon, 19 Apr 2004 08:55:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from main.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.224.249]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7181C43D2F for ; Mon, 19 Apr 2004 08:55:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-mobile@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BFb7K-0000ph-00 for ; Mon, 19 Apr 2004 17:55:30 +0200 Received: from makrothumia.wingnet.net ([206.30.215.5]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 19 Apr 2004 17:55:30 +0200 Received: from jesse by makrothumia.wingnet.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 19 Apr 2004 17:55:30 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org From: Jesse Guardiani Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 11:55:26 -0400 Organization: WingNET Lines: 26 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: makrothumia.wingnet.net User-Agent: KNode/0.7.2 X-Mail-Copies-To: never Sender: news Subject: firewire cardbus recommendations? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: jesse@wingnet.net List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 15:55:32 -0000 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! -- Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator WingNET Internet Services, P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605 423-559-LINK (v) 423-559-5145 (f) http://www.wingnet.net