Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 22:55:57 +0100 From: lars <lars@gmx.at> To: Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@ambrisko.com> Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cisco mini-PCI cards with the latest firmware Message-ID: <40240D6D.3000109@gmx.at> In-Reply-To: <200402051913.i15JDEH6030266@ambrisko.com> References: <200402051913.i15JDEH6030266@ambrisko.com>
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Doug Ambrisko wrote: > lars writes: > | Dear all, > | > | My Cisco Aironet MiniPCI card in a Thinkpad R40 doesn't work at all. > | When I boot from the 5.2.1 iso it hangs while detecting the card. > | > | Does this mean it should work now? > > It it normal to hang for a little bit. Maybe 10s. Now to make it > work you need an older version of firmware and the driver in -current > or delete the code in /sys/dev/an/if_an.c between the lines that > says "HACK". > > What you could do it remove the card from behind one of the doors > on the bottom of your laptop boot and then install FreeBSD including > the sources for sys. Then recompile with the above change. Flash > the firmware via Window. Then it should work. > > This assumes that your laptop is okay and not messing up system resources. > > Doug A. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Dear Doug, Following the instructions posted on the net and in this list, I downgraded my firmware and also the NDIS drivers (go to cisco.com, dl the firmware and drivers, install with ACU tool, resp. hardware manager, reboot etc.). With set hw.pci.allow_unsupported_io_range="1" set hw.cbb.memory_range="0x20000000" entered at bootup or written to /boot/loader.conf my TP R40 now boots 5-2-RELEASE-p2 without lockup. The card can now be brought up. I haven't gotten around to testing the card under load yet though, I will post any results on this list. Thanks for the help, I almost gave up on FreeBSD on my laptop after 4.x. Now I'm a happy user again. Kind regards, Lars.
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