From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 11 14:28:37 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AC4116A4CE for ; Wed, 11 May 2005 14:28:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mailhost.frm2.tum.de (mailhost.frm2.tum.de [129.187.179.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C556C43D41 for ; Wed, 11 May 2005 14:28:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Joerg.Pulz@frm2.tum.de) Received: from localhost (mailhost.frm2.tum.de [129.187.179.12]) by mailhost.frm2.tum.de (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j4BESUYM022601; Wed, 11 May 2005 16:28:30 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jpulz@frm2.tum.de) Received: from hades.admin.frm2 (hades.admin.frm2 [172.25.1.10]) by mailhost.frm2.tum.de (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j4BESQNn022597 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 11 May 2005 16:28:26 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jpulz@frm2.tum.de) Received: from hades.admin.frm2 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hades.admin.frm2 (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j4BESQdT095657; Wed, 11 May 2005 16:28:26 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jpulz@frm2.tum.de) Received: (from jpulz@localhost) by hades.admin.frm2 (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id j4BESPot095656; Wed, 11 May 2005 16:28:25 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jpulz) Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 16:28:23 +0200 (CEST) From: Joerg Pulz To: Kirk Strauser In-Reply-To: <200505110913.31469.kirk@strauser.com> Message-ID: <20050511162650.Q2531@hades.admin.frm2> References: <200505090942.56059.kirk@strauser.com> <200505101337.53863.kirk@strauser.com> <200505110913.31469.kirk@strauser.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: at mailhost.frm2.tum.de cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Use PCMCIA instead of CardBus? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 14:28:37 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 11 May 2005, Kirk Strauser wrote: > On Tuesday 10 May 2005 16:15, Warner Losh wrote: > >> I have no idea what you are asking for. > > Let me restate my original dilemma. My laptop can only use my WLAN card > when it's configured as a 16-bit PCMCIA device and not as a 32-bit CardBus > device. > > In NetBSD, this can be accomplished by typing "boot -c" at its loader prompt > and typing "disable cbb*" to disable the cbb (CardBus) drivers, which > leaves the pcic (PCMCIA) drivers to correctly configure the card. After > doing this, the card works exactly as hoped. > > Similarly, I can get the same effect under Linux by disabling the "32-bit > CardBus support" option; the end result is a happily working WLAN card. > > However, commenting out "device cbb" in my FreeBSD kernel results in a > non-working setup. By that, I mean that the card's lights never flicker as > it's being inserted (as it would do under NetBSD and Linux when it's being > probed). In fact, I get no debugging information at all, whether > from /var/log/messages or via dmesg. > > Any ideas where I could go from here? You should take a look into src/sys/i386/conf/OLDCARD change the appropriate lines in you kernel configuration and rebuild your kernel. Hope that is what you are searching for.. Joerg - -- The beginning is the most important part of the work. -Plato -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCghaJSPOsGF+KA+MRAuoDAJ0UcPuJJaCjm2ATNM4n/5tS1lKorwCfeDvA 6Xin6+TqW0pK8GQ6rlD3sTk= =2oKa -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----