From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 18 22:28:36 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60A7916A479 for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:28:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from thin.berklix.org (thin.berklix.org [194.246.123.68]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B3BA13C4C1 for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:28:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from js.berklix.org (p549A6B90.dip.t-dialin.net [84.154.107.144]) (authenticated bits=128) by thin.berklix.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l5ILodHi006164; Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:50:40 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41]) by js.berklix.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l5ILoZFC009914; Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:50:35 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost.js.berklix.net [127.0.0.1]) by fire.js.berklix.net (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l5ILojH2013803; Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:50:45 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@fire.js.berklix.net) Message-Id: <200706182150.l5ILojH2013803@fire.js.berklix.net> To: "Brian Hoort" In-reply-to: <790c34130706181335n73fc48eeo15bddd1157db730a@mail.gmail.com> References: <790c34130706181335n73fc48eeo15bddd1157db730a@mail.gmail.com> Comments: In-reply-to "Brian Hoort" message dated "Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:35:40 -0400." Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:50:45 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pccard not working on old laptop X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:28:36 -0000 "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: at port 0x3c0--0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 > unknown: can't assign resources (port) > unknown: can't assign resources (port) > unknown: can't assign resources (port) > unknown: can't assign resources (port) > unknown: can't assign resources (memory) > unknown: can't assign resources (port) > unknown: can't assign resources (port) > unknown: can't assign resources (irq) > unknown: can't assign resources (port) > unknown: 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.