Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:57:06 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: if@hetzner.co.za Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: device pcic and card Message-ID: <20050316.105706.39157062.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <E1DBRvf-000M6z-00@hetzner.co.za> References: <imp@bsdimp.com> <E1DBRvf-000M6z-00@hetzner.co.za>
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In message: <E1DBRvf-000M6z-00@hetzner.co.za>
Ian FREISLICH <if@hetzner.co.za> writes:
: "M. Warner Losh" wrote:
: > In message: <4230E44A.2010007@savvis.net>
: > Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin@savvis.net> writes:
: > : beetle# grep -i pcic /usr/src/UPDATING
: > : beetle# grep -i card /usr/src/UPDATING
: > : beetle# grep -i oldcard /usr/src/UPDATING
: >
: > OLDCARD is what you want to grep for.
: >
: > : > In message: <41DC2EAD.8070403@savvis.net>
: > : > Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin@savvis.net> writes:
: > : > : i heard Warner said something about removing pcic and card (aka oldcard
: )
: > : > : support from -current. has it happened? after cvsup'ing (yesterday) i n
: o
: > : > : longer can configure kernel with pcic and card.
: > : > :
: > : > : i can not use newcard on my tecra 8100 :( when i insert serial pc-card
: > : > : my laptop hangs :( i can insert ethernet card (3com) but i can not
: > : > : remove it :( same story - laptop hangs hard.
: > : >
: > : > Hangs hard? That's unfortunate. I'd love to help figure things out,
: > : > but my tecra 8100 is working great...
: > :
: > : so, was oldcard support removed from -current? i have xircom credit card
: > : bluetooth adapter that has standard uart (16550) and used to work with
: > : oldcard (sio(4)). with newcard this adapter just hangs the system hard
: > : as soon as i plug it in. also /var/log/messages says sio(4) can not
: > : recognize uart type.
: >
: > Yes. OLDCARD has been removed from current. you should migrate to
: > device cbb and pccard instead. This sounds like a resource issue with
:
: I cannot migrate to cbb and pccard: my Vadem 468 is not supported.
: I know the hardware is old. Are there any plans to support this
: or should I just give up and run 4.x on this laptop (it will be
: quite inconvenient to downgrade)?
You can run 5.x on this machine.
However, it is my belief that it is supported with the new cbb_isa
attachment.
Warner
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