Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 10:30:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: kern/4847: pccard stuff fails after running Win95 without power-cycling Message-ID: <199710251730.KAA12196@hub.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/4847; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: richw@webcom.com Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/4847: pccard stuff fails after running Win95 without power-cycling Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 11:28:28 -0600 (MDT) > >Number: 4847 > >Category: kern > >Synopsis: pccard stuff fails after running Win95 without power-cycling > >Confidential: no > >Severity: non-critical > >Priority: medium > >Responsible: freebsd-bugs > >State: open > >Class: sw-bug > >Submitter-Id: current-users > >Arrival-Date: Fri Oct 24 21:20:01 PDT 1997 > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: Rich Wales > >Organization: > >Release: 2.2.2-RELEASE > >Environment: > FreeBSD localhost 2.2.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE #0: Tue Oct 21 10:07:55 PDT 1997 richw@localhost:/home/src/sys/compile/RICHW i386 > >Description: > Dell Latitude XPi CD laptop with both FreeBSD and Win95 installed. > > PC cards cannot be detected if Win95 is run on the machine and it is > rebooted (shutdown/restart) into FreeBSD without cycling power. > > Output of "pccardc dumpcis": > > Configuration data for card in slot 0 > Tuple #1, code = 0xff (Terminator), length = 0 > Configuration data for card in slot 1 > Tuple #1, code = 0xff (Terminator), length = 0 > 2 slots found > > If the machine is powered off and then booted into FreeBSD, everything > is fine. What PCIC controller do you have? Is it correctly found? (Obviously it is, but more details are necessary.) > My two PC cards are a Megahertz XJ4336-CC4336 modem, and a 3Com 3C589D > network card. Since neither are found, I'm pretty sure this is a controller issue, and not a card issue. We may need to 'reset' things a bit better than we do now, but I haven't looked at the code to see what we're doing. > thing go?!? > >Fix: > Don't switch from Win95 to FreeBSD without power-cycling. Shutdown > completely (i.e., power-down), then power-up before booting FreeBSD. > >Audit-Trail: > >Unformatted:
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