Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 13:15:19 -0500 (EST) From: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> To: FreeBSD-Mobile <FreeBSD-Mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Xircom Ceditcard Ethernet Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101021313020.8216-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20010102111535.D7988@stat.Duke.EDU>
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On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Sean O'Connell wrote:
> Chris BeHanna stated:
> : On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> :
> : > [...watchdog timer used to turn card on...]
> : >
> : > One problem is that the card tries to start running before it is
> : > configured. This may be what you are seeing. If so, try adding
> : > pccardd_flags="-z" to rc.conf. That will pause your startup until the
> : > card is ready to go.
> :
> : The other thing it will do is allow you to have all of your NFS
> : mounts in place before you log in (for the case of a laptop, like
> : mine, that mounts my home directory from a server).
> :
> : -z is Good Food.
>
> But should he be using pccard_ifconfig and not ifconfig_xe0?
Yes.
> I would think this would obviate the need for -z :)
In my experience, it doesn't. pccardd goes into the background
without -z, and then you start seeing a pile of NFS mount failures.
> I do worry about the watchdog error being a sign of an irq conflict.
I'm afraid I'm not knowledgeable enough about it to conflict.
--
Chris BeHanna
Software Engineer
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