From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 10 14:43:27 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CABC37B401 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 14:43:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from nomad.eng.cstone.net (nomad.eng.cstone.net [209.145.66.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 691EF43F75 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 14:43:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wer@cstone.net) Received: from cstone.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nomad.eng.cstone.net (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id h2AMhIMA076981 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 17:43:18 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from wer@cstone.net) Message-ID: <3E6D1506.AB5FABF2@cstone.net> Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 17:43:18 -0500 From: William E Reid X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: My Laptop (Sotec look-a-like) Experience. Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------7C12C6964A3402A593620FDA" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------7C12C6964A3402A593620FDA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (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 --------------7C12C6964A3402A593620FDA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="dmesg" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="dmesg" 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 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: on motherboard npx0: INT 16 interface pcib0: on motherboard pci0: on pcib0 agp0: mem 0xe0000000-0xe3ffffff at device 0.0 on pci0 atapci0: port 0x7ee0-0x7eef at device 0.1 on pci0 ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0 ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0 isab0: at device 1.0 on pci0 isa0: on isab0 sis0: port 0xd000-0xd0ff mem 0xdffc0000-0xdffc0fff irq 11 at device 1.1 on pci0 sis0: Ethernet address: 00:40:45:10:de:98 miibus0: on sis0 ukphy0: on miibus0 ukphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto ohci0: 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: 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: 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: 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: port 0xd400-0xd4ff mem 0xdfff0000-0xdfff0fff irq 5 at device 1.4 on pci0 pcm0: pci0: (vendor=0x1039, dev=0x7013) at 1.6 irq 11 pcib2: at device 2.0 on pci0 pci1: on pcib2 pci1: 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: irq 5 at device 3.0 on pci0 pcic0: PCI Memory allocated: 0x88000000 pcic0: Warning: O2micro OZ68xx chips may not work pccard0: on pcic0 wi0: 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: (vendor=0x11c1, dev=0x5811) at 10.0 irq 11 pcib1: on motherboard pci2: on pcib1 orm0: