Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:21:33 +0100 From: "Joao Barros" <joao.barros@gmail.com> To: "siddharth seth" <sidharth.seth@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem using netgear Wireless PCI card on Ultra Sparc 5 Message-ID: <70e8236f0610170921g6dc24f49o9baf70a985a586f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <95bf4dc60610120406x39a55385h83dce273de5f26a2@mail.gmail.com> References: <95bf4dc60610120406x39a55385h83dce273de5f26a2@mail.gmail.com>
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On 10/12/06, siddharth seth <sidharth.seth@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > I am running FreeBSD 6.1 on Ultra Sparc 5. I am trying to get my > Netgear PCI based Wireless lan card to work on my system . > > The system doesnot boot when the card is plugged into the PCI slot. If > I switch on the power supply, nothing happens and I donot get any > display. The card has to be removed to let the system to boot. > > I donot understand if it is a problem with the BIOS or with FreeBSD. I > have tried changing the pci detection sequence in the bios but still > it doesnot boot with the card in the slot. > > Any help with this will be much appreciated. > I have an Ultra 5 as well and I think I once tried to add a wireless card with no success (can't recall what really happened). The Ultra 5 is very old and I think what you're experiencing is a revisions conflict between an old pci bus and a new pci card. I had similar problems on old non sparc hardware with recent cards. This is just a thought, don't take my word for granted ;-) -- Joao Barros
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