Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 22:44:46 -0500 From: "Aaron Brosseau" <vaio_net@yahoo.com> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Eric_Hedstr=F6m?= <erich@ucsd.edu> Cc: <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Two Identical Nics - No Solution In Sight Message-ID: <000b01c1b052$f48e2e10$b74d3844@cc2448180a> References: <000901c1af8e$a6853890$b74d3844@cc2448180a> <3C629DC9.4090409@ucsd.edu>
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Thank You! I finally got my two Linksys cards to work in harmony with FreeBSD. To get them to work, I still had to modify the lines you suggested, but without your idea, I would probably still be pulling my hair out right now. I also appreciate the reference to groups.google.com. I didn't realize that site existed and now it gives me another resource to go to when problems arise. Here is my final configuration that allows two identical Linksys cards to be recognized and used by FreeBSD: pccard.conf - config auto "ed0" 3 config auto "ed1" 10 (these lines were added under the section for my NIC card - I also removed the sections for other ed devices I know I wasn't going to use) kernel - device ed (I commented out the original line that read: device ed0 at isa? port 0x280 irq 3 iomem 0xd8000) rc.conf - ifconfig_ed0="inet 192.168.0.13 netmask 255.255.255.0" ifconfig_ed1="inet 192.168.0.14 netmask 255.255.255.0" (I'm sure these are optional, but I wanted them in there anyway) Hopefully my configuration may help others that encounter the same issues I had to deal with. Thanks again. Aaron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Hedström" <erich@ucsd.edu> To: "Aaron Brosseau" <vaio_net@yahoo.com> Cc: <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 10:31 AM Subject: Re: Two Identical Nics - No Solution In Sight > I haven't had to do this since FreeBSD 3.4, but all the suggestions I've > seen involved adding another config line to the pccard.conf section for > your card: > > irq 9 10 > > ... > > config 0x2 "ed0" 9 > config 0x3 "ed1" 10 > > (Use IRQs that are free on your system, if 9 and 10 are not). > > A groups.google.com search of "freebsd pcmcia two network cards config > line pccard.conf" brings up various examples. > > Hope this helps, > Eric > > > Aaron Brosseau wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I've got what seems to be a very common problem. Two identical pcmcia > > network cards on one machine and only one works. I've searched the mailing > > list archives and seen many people with the exact same problem. > > Unfortunately, all the solutions that were given were either guesses on how > > to fix the problem or non-specific things to try. Since I am new to this > > list, I'm not sure if this issue is something that gets discussed often, but > > I'm hoping someone out there knows the answer. I would prefer that only > > people who have dealt with this problem directly (and solved it) reply to > > this email. > > > > > > The problem - on boot up, one card is always detected fine, but the second > > card produces the error message - "No free configuration for card Linksys". > > > > All the things I've read regarding this problem seem to revolve around three > > files - the kernel, rc.conf, and pccard.conf. I've tried every solution or > > suggestion that I've come across and nothing has worked yet. > > > > Here is what I've got: > > > > A 380D IBM ThinkPad and two identical Linksys PCMPC100 network cards (the > > ones with the detachable dongles). I am running FreeBSD 4.5. If I use a > > different brand of NIC for the second (or first) slot, everything works > > fine. Also, if I just switch the two NIC's, the error message still > > appears. I have also tried to use the two Linksys cards on another laptop > > and the errors show up on that one as well. If I use the cards > > individually, they work perfect. This tells me that the NICs are fine and > > the slots can both be used simultaneously for the ThinkPad. > > > > Here is what I've tried already to fix the problem: > > > > 1. Modifying the pccard.conf file to only have the driver I need for the > > Linksys card. > > 2. Changing the values of the Linksys section of the pccard.conf for my > > specific card. > > 3. Adding the lines: ifconfig_ed0=inet 192.168.0.13 netmask 255.255.255.0 > > and ifconfig_ed1=inet 192.168.0.14 netmask 255.255.255.0 to my rc.conf. > > 4. Rebuilding the kernel with the lines: ed0 at isa? port 0x300 irq 3 iomem > > 0xd8000 and ed1 at isa? port 0x280 irq 10 iomem 0xdc000. > > 5. Rebuilding the kernel with just line: device ed (removing the lines from > > step 4). > > 6. Rebuilding the kernel with all other devices removed that weren't > > absolutely needed. > > 7. Rebuilding the kernel with the "disable" removed from the end of the > > device pcic1 ... line. > > 8. Checking dmesg | grep irq to make sure there were no IRQ conflicts. > > > > If someone needs to see my dmesg output word for word or my kernel file, I > > will be glad to send them, but I really feel like since this seems to be > > such a common and known issue, there must be a straight forward list of what > > exactly needs to be changed on any given system to make this work. If > > anyone out there has dealt with this problem and knows SPECIFICALLY what > > they did to rectify it, please let me know. Thank you for all your help. > > > > Aaron > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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