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Date:      Mon, 10 Mar 2003 17:43:18 -0500
From:      William E Reid <wer@cstone.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   My Laptop (Sotec look-a-like) Experience.
Message-ID:  <3E6D1506.AB5FABF2@cstone.net>

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(I blame) sis630 and lack of APM (AMI BIOS r1.07)

I have had real problems with this thing.  No APM "incorrect signature
(0x0)" in dmesg.
Under 4.7/8 I can't get pcmcia working.  USB will not reset.  Actually
there are many problems since It does not know it has been asleep I
guess.
The disk controller under 4.7 says there is a bad cable (or "non-ATA66
cable") so it does not enable Ultra DMA.  Instead it falls back to
33mhz.  I have read other lists stating that the sis5591 ata controller
is new but backwards compatible (not) with the 5591.

Under 5.0 the only way to make it boot is to disable ACPI all together.
Otherwise while the disks are being probed it locks up.  So I have never
had fun with this thing.  Sis630 chipset.
pcmcia (02micro 6912 PCI-Cardbus Bridge) stuff seems to work a lot
better under 5.0.  It does not work under 4.8-stable.  I have not tested
the usb under 5.0 but under 4.8-stable it will work for a little while
and then stop.  You have to reboot to get it back.  I caught one panic
in dmesg but it was probably my program.   It talks to some sockets and
the network basically.  gpsd (GPS Daemon) does a terrible job listening
to ucom0.  I am using uplcom/ucom for serial communications.  I have to
run at 4800 baud.  I am not sure it is supported by either the device or
the driver.... but it works for a while.

Has anyone else had luck with this machine?  I actually got a hardened
version of it with 40gb disk (5400rpm), fire wire and integrated
802.11b.  But not worth the 1300 payed so far.  Is there anyone out
there that can help me out.  I am a little stupid.

Things seems a little more hopeful on the linux front.  But man I have
written some crappie mapping coordinate grabber that depends on bpf.

If this link works.....  Here it is.
 http://www.samsclub.com/eclub/main_shopping.jsp?mt=a&n=0&BV_SessionID=_SC_0474681676.1047332546_CS_&BV_EngineID=ccccadchjmhdiejcfkfcfkjdgoodfkg.0&coe=0&oidPath=0%3a-23542%3a-23588%3a-24196%3a684722



So I was thinking about getting this instead.  But I am of course
worried about the sis650 chipset now.  My boss is trying to convert me
to using Debian and I just don't want it.  Any thoughts on the following
hardware or is it a total crap shoot?  I have looked at the Hardware
pages and cant find the sis650.

A really really cool machine....  Includes built int camera, bluetooth,
802.11b, s-video out and serial port!
http://64.227.236.145/miva/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=RT&Product_Code=NP4020

I am not on this list so please respond to my email.

        System Chip
            SiS M650 / SiS 962 Chipset
       LCD Screen
              15" TFT SXGA+:
               IDT/ITSX95C
      Video Memory
            8/16/32/64MB Share Memory
              Architecture (SMA)
    Video Control Chip
             SIS M650 Ultra-AGPII
   Video-In Control Chip
                None
    Audio Control Chip
              Realtek ALC202
     I/O Control Chip
             National Semiconductor
               NS87393V
   Integrated LAN Chip
              Realtek RTL8100BL
     Integrated Modem
       Controller
                Smartlink
  IEEE1394 Control Chip
               TI TSB 41AB1
      Wireless LAN
            NeWeb U-300 802.11b (Mfg.
                Optional)
    Bluetooth Wireless
            Billionton (Mfg. Optional)
      Infrared Chip
             National Semiconductor
               NS87393V
  PCMCIA Contorl Chip
              ENE CB-1410 A1
        Touch Pad
                ALPS
     Hard Disk Drive
                Varied
      Floppy Drive
            YE-DATA/YD-702J-6637J
   CD-ROM/DVD-ROM
         Drive
             Teac CD-224E CD-ROM
             (24X Max.), Teac DV-28E
             DVD (8X Max.), Toshiba
            SR-C8102 (16x10x24 Max.),
              Teac DW-224E (8X
             DVD/16x10x24 CD-RW )
                Combo
       Miscellanies
             Integrated Video Camera
              Camtel CMM-3130

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Copyright (c) 1992-2003 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
	The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD 4.8-RC #25: Wed Mar  5 10:04:29 GMT 2003
    root@laptop.ntelos.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/LAPTOP
Timecounter "i8254"  frequency 1193182 Hz
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) III Mobile CPU      1000MHz (733.36-MHz 686-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x6b1  Stepping = 1
  Features=0x383f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE>
real memory  = 335478784 (327616K bytes)
config> q
avail memory = 322600960 (315040K bytes)
Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc0368000.
Preloaded userconfig_script "/boot/kernel.conf" at 0xc036809c.
Preloaded elf module "uplcom.ko" at 0xc03680ec.
Preloaded elf module "ucom.ko" at 0xc036818c.
Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled
Using $PIR table, 5 entries at 0xc00f8de0
apm: incorrect signature (0x0)
npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
pcib0: <Host to PCI bridge> on motherboard
pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
agp0: <SIS Generic host to PCI bridge> mem 0xe0000000-0xe3ffffff at device 0.0 on pci0
atapci0: <SiS 5591 ATA100 controller> port 0x7ee0-0x7eef at device 0.1 on pci0
ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0
ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0
isab0: <SiS 85c503 PCI-ISA bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
sis0: <SiS 900 10/100BaseTX> port 0xd000-0xd0ff mem 0xdffc0000-0xdffc0fff irq 11 at device 1.1 on pci0
sis0: Ethernet address: 00:40:45:10:de:98
miibus0: <MII bus> on sis0
ukphy0: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> on miibus0
ukphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
ohci0: <SiS 5571 USB controller> mem 0xdffd0000-0xdffd0fff irq 10 at device 1.2 on pci0
usb0: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support
usb0: SMM does not respond, resetting
usb0: <SiS 5571 USB controller> on ohci0
usb0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0: SiS OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered
ohci1: <SiS 5571 USB controller> mem 0xdffe0000-0xdffe0fff irq 10 at device 1.3 on pci0
usb1: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support
usb1: SMM does not respond, resetting
usb1: <SiS 5571 USB controller> on ohci1
usb1: USB revision 1.0
uhub1: SiS OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub1: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered
pcm0: <SiS 7018> port 0xd400-0xd4ff mem 0xdfff0000-0xdfff0fff irq 5 at device 1.4 on pci0
pcm0: <SigmaTel STAC9721/9723 ac97 codec>
pci0: <unknown card> (vendor=0x1039, dev=0x7013) at 1.6 irq 11
pcib2: <PCI to PCI bridge (vendor=1039 device=0001)> at device 2.0 on pci0
pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib2
pci1: <SiS model 6300 VGA-compatible display device> at 0.0
pci_cfgintr_search: linked (43) to configured irq 5 at 0:1:4
pci_cfgintr: 0:3 INTA routed to irq 5
pcic0: <O2micro 6912 PCI-Cardbus Bridge> irq 5 at device 3.0 on pci0
pcic0: PCI Memory allocated: 0x88000000
pcic0: Warning: O2micro OZ68xx chips may not work
pccard0: <PC Card 16-bit bus (classic)> on pcic0
wi0: <Intersil Prism2.5> mem 0xdfdf0000-0xdfdf0fff irq 10 at device 9.0 on pci0
wi0: 802.11 address: 00:90:4b:0a:aa:7c
wi0: using RF:PRISM2.5 MAC:ISL3874A(Mini-PCI)
wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary 1.00.07, Station 1.03.05
pci0: <unknown card> (vendor=0x11c1, dev=0x5811) at 10.0 irq 11
pcib1: <SiS 5591 host to AGP bridge> on motherboard
pci2: <PCI bus> on pcib1
orm0: <Option ROM> at iomem 0xc0000-0xcbfff on isa0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
psm0: model Generic PS/2 mouse, device ID 0
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
ad0: DMA limited to UDMA33, non-ATA66 cable or device
ad0: 38154MB <IC25N040ATCS05-0> [77520/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA33
acd0: CD-RW <QSI CD-RW/DVD-ROM SBW-081> at ata1-master PIO4
Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s3a

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cblock_alloc()
panic: clist reservation botch


cblock_alloc     194 kern/tty_subr.c          free(cblock_alloc(), M_TTYS);
cblock_alloc     380 kern/tty_subr.c          cblockp = cblock_alloc();
cblock_alloc     397 kern/tty_subr.c                  cblockp = cblock_alloc();
cblock_alloc     459 kern/tty_subr.c          cblockp = cblock_alloc();
cblock_alloc     482 kern/tty_subr.c                  cblockp = cblock_alloc();




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