Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 07:02:39 -0700 From: Benjamin Krueger <benjamin@macguire.net> To: Lutz Horn <lutz@lutz-horn.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xircom CreditCard 10/100 Configuration Message-ID: <20020427070239.N65643@rain.macguire.net> In-Reply-To: <20020427134911.GA2993@lutz-horn.de>; from lutz@lutz-horn.de on Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 03:49:11PM %2B0200 References: <20020427134911.GA2993@lutz-horn.de>
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* Lutz Horn (lutz@lutz-horn.de) [020427 06:52]:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to install FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE on my Compaq Armada 1500c
> notebook. One problem is setting up the Xircom CreditCard 10/100.
>
> For a start here is the output of 'uname -a':
>
> FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE #0: Mon Jan 28 14:31:56 GMT
> 2002 murray@builder.freebsdmall.com:/usr/src/sys/compile GENERIC i386
>
> As from a previous installation of Debian GNU/Linux I know that the card
> is configured as 'eth0: Xircom: port 0x300, irq 3, hwaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx'
>
> pccardd is up and runnig with the default configuration file
> /etc/defaults/pccard.conf. It recognizes insertion and removal of the
> card. It's messages on removal of the card:
>
> pccard: card removed, slot 1
> Apr 27 15:36:47 pccardd[41]: xe0: Xircom (CreditCard 10/100) removed.
>
> On insertion:
>
> pccard: card inserted, slot 1
> Apr 27 15:36:59 pccardd[41]: Card "Xircom"("CreditCard 10/100")
> [CE3-10/100] [1.00] matched "Xircrom" ("CreditCard 10/100") [(null)]
> [(null)]
> Apr 27 15:37:04 pccardd[41]: driver allocation failed for
> Xircom(CreditCard 10/100): Device not configured
>
> As you may have already guessed I'm to stupid to configure the card.
> Could you please give me a hint how this is done?
>
> BTW, I typed in the above system messages, no cut&paste. So any typos
> are not intended ;-)
>
> Regards
> Lutz
Is this a cardbus card? If so, then you will have to wait patiently until the
release of 5.0 as FreeBSD thus far does not have cardbus support for your
card. If it isn't a cardbus card, how do you have networking configured, and
are you using dhcp?
--
Benjamin Krueger
"Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about."
- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
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