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Date:      Tue, 11 Mar 2003 14:55:21 +0100
From:      Gunnar Flygt <gunnar.flygt@sr.se>
To:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Compaq Evo N800c and FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <20030311135521.GH12340@sr.se>
In-Reply-To: <20030308073644.GA67939@sr.se>
References:  <20030307085934.GB49372@sr.se> <20030307112724.GJ424@freebsd.org.ru> <20030307123438.GA51261@sr.se> <20030307164501.GA53132@sr.se> <200303070850380652.297A5BA5@smtp.myrealbox.com> <20030307221958.GC55414@sr.se> <200303071424310873.2AAC07EE@smtp.myrealbox.com> <20030308073644.GA67939@sr.se>

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On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 08:36:44AM +0100, Gunnar Flygt wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 02:24:31PM -0800, Greg Smith wrote:
> > Gunnar,
> > 
> > Maybe running of pccardd along with the memory setting of Kevin will do
> > the job.
> 
> I just rebooted with the following setting:
> hw.cbb.start_memory="0x20000000"
> 
> And now my Netgear card is detected as wi0 Will try to configure
> the card to see if it is working properly :)

Now I've tried to configure the card exactly the way I do n 4.7
and it doesn't work. It never detects the other station.

I also tried my Cardbus 3ComMegahertz 3CCFE575BT and the result is
same as before. The machine hangs
> 
> So it seems I'm cosing up to a solution!?
> > 
> > Good luck.
> > 
> > Greg
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > 
> > >On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 08:50:38AM -0800, Greg Smith wrote:
> > >> Gunnar,
> > >> 
> > >> Did you have pccardd running?  With pccard_enable="YES" in
> > /etc/rc.conf
> > >> or wherever it might go in 5.0.  
> > >> 
> > >> It won't be automatically started with NEWCARD.
> > >
> > >Yes, it was activated. i.e it says pccard_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf
> > >but it isn't running when I look closer after a boot, so I added
> > >pccardd_flags="-z" which used to help. But not this time.
> > >
> > >When I put a card in the port it says:
> > >end (ffffffff) > sc->memlimit (803fffff)
> > >pccard0: Card has no functions!
> > >cbb0: PC Card card activation failed
> > >
> > >And that's it.
> > >
> > >So I put in the pccardd_flags="-z"
> > >
> > >But that makes no difference. The machine doesn't like pccard when
> > >running CURRENT.
> > >> 
> > >> Greg
> > >> 
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> 
> > >> >OK! So now I've also tested with OLDCARD. It isn't any better.
> > Result:
> > >> >pccard: card inserted, slot 0
> > >> >
> > >> >And that's it. It doesn't detect the card or inform anything more.
> > >> >
> > >> >So should I say that this brand new Compaq Laptop is NO GO for
> > FreeBSD
> > >> >CURRENT? Just to inform you, I've tried Linux RedHat 8 and Mandrake
> > of
> > >> >some brand (8.x probably) with even worse result. They don't even
> > >> boot.
> > >> >
> > >> >So it seems Compaq has done it. Being totally dedicated to M$
> > >> >
> > >> >Boring. I won't ever buy a Compaq laptop again. Pity I didn't stay
> > >> >with Toshiba. Had only good things to say about my Tecra 9100.
> > >> >Until it died electrically for me.
> > >> >
> > >> >-- 
> > >> >Gunnar Flygt, SR
> > >> >
> > >> >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
> > >> >with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >
> > >-- 
> > >Gunnar Flygt, Postmaster SR
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> -- 
> Gunnar Flygt, Postmaster SR
> 
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