From owner-freebsd-bugbusters@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 2 15:08:51 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugbusters@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 532A116A4CE; Thu, 2 Dec 2004 15:08:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pittgoth.com (14.zlnp1.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.149.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB45143D48; Thu, 2 Dec 2004 15:08:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (64-144-75-100.client.dsl.net [64.144.75.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by pittgoth.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id iB2F8mag052829 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 2 Dec 2004 10:08:49 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 10:08:54 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes To: "Brett E. Wynkoop" Message-ID: <20041202100854.0f17f331@localhost> In-Reply-To: <200412020824.DAA00101@prd4.wynn.com> References: <200412020824.DAA00101@prd4.wynn.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12b (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: bugbusters@FreeBSD.org cc: Warner cc: wynkoop@wynn.com Subject: Re: Kernel bug with 5.3 prevents PCMCIA use X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugbusters@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Coordination of the Problem Report handling effort. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 15:08:51 -0000 On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 03:24:17 -0500 (EST) "Brett E. Wynkoop" wrote: Hello Brett, > > Greeting- > The silly web form kept rejecting this, so here is an email. > > FreeBSD 5.3 fails to see the PCMCIA controller on the following > laptops: > > Compaq LTE 5100 > Compaq LTE 5200 > Compaq Armada 1130 > AMS Roadpro > Toshiba Libretto 100 > Toshiba Libretto 50 > Nec Versa 2000 > > Systems have ram from 24-64Mb and disk from 500M-20G. None of the systems > show PCMCIA controllers when booted from the install floppy set. One > system was installed by doing the install on another system and > moving the disk over. That resulted in a full minimal install > with no PCMCIA card being recognized by the default kernel. > Attempting to load the pcmcia modules resulted in a message that > they were already in the kernel. Starting pccardd resulted > in the following message: > > fatal error: no PC-CARD slots > > You can repeat this by doing a 5.3 install onto an older laptop > with only 16Bit PCMCIA card slots. You can also gain access to my > system by email request. I can make a slip or plip connection > to get it on the net for you. I've done nothing to investigate; however, I have CC:ed a local PCMCIA guru (Warner) to see what he has to say about your issue. Warner, have you seen this problem before? -- Tom Rhodes