Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:50:45 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.org> To: "Brian Hoort" <brian.hoort@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pccard not working on old laptop Message-ID: <200706182150.l5ILojH2013803@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: <790c34130706181335n73fc48eeo15bddd1157db730a@mail.gmail.com> References: <790c34130706181335n73fc48eeo15bddd1157db730a@mail.gmail.com>
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"Brian Hoort" wrote: > I've installed 6.2 on an old laptop. I've been unable to get it to detect > the pccard bus, and therefore have no networking. It worked on this laptop > in the BSD 4.x days. I've seen several posts in the archive mentioning that > the fix prior to 6.x was to replace: > device cbb > device pccard > device cardbus > > with: > device pcic > device card > > but that this old driver was removed in 6.x. > > Everything in the dmesg.boot appears successful until: > .. > vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0--0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 > unknown: <PNP0501> can't assign resources (port) > unknown: <PNP0510> can't assign resources (port) > unknown: <PNP0400> can't assign resources (port) > unknown: <PNP0700> can't assign resources (port) > unknown: <PNP0c02> can't assign resources (memory) > unknown: <PNP0303> can't assign resources (port) > unknown: <PNP0600> can't assign resources (port) > unknown: <PNP0f13> can't assign resources (irq) > unknown: <CTL0001> can't assign resources (port) > unknown: <PNP0200> can't assign resources (port) > Timecounter "TSC" frequency 199310141 Hz quality 800 > .. > > Any suggestions? I wish you better luck than I. If no luck, Ref my earlier: Message-id: <200706122029.l5CKTQ3n071855@fire.jhs.private> Subject: FreeBSD-6 fails to install on too many old laptops. Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:29:26 +0200 After FreeBSD-4.11 worked, & 6.2 failed on my pcmcia, I tried NetBSD latest release: Worked fine, (except beware NetBSD's vampire teeth in the MBR, my FreeBSD-4.11 partition is still there I hope, but MBR can't boot it). Ref http://berklix.org/~jhs/hardware/laptops/#netbsd -- Julian Stacey. Munich Computer Consultant, BSD Unix C Linux. http://berklix.com HTML mail unseen. Ihr Rauch=mein allergischer Kopfschmerz. Dump cigs 4 snuff.
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