From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 17 16:21:40 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FC5316A416 for ; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:21:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joao.barros@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.169]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B79ED43D6E for ; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:21:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joao.barros@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id m2so957107uge for ; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 09:21:33 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=XKZfyphx9vddn96RtsCSq+w9mDdKplBLQ7uFYaFahm9mgblmFT5L5AqywRvmFKxYn9t80oVgj8aFZTJQSwKgVt6h1mcwZSCbD1VvadzCWXzPjRauTGTYwyg6O6a2g48nh9bRkCbkSSscp9KVdesuWnRmTM22m/6XyhM4CbRDV3g= Received: by 10.78.181.13 with SMTP id d13mr9601551huf; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 09:21:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.173.8 with HTTP; Tue, 17 Oct 2006 09:21:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <70e8236f0610170921g6dc24f49o9baf70a985a586f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:21:33 +0100 From: "Joao Barros" To: "siddharth seth" In-Reply-To: <95bf4dc60610120406x39a55385h83dce273de5f26a2@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <95bf4dc60610120406x39a55385h83dce273de5f26a2@mail.gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem using netgear Wireless PCI card on Ultra Sparc 5 X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:21:40 -0000 On 10/12/06, siddharth seth 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