From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 13 18:59:45 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA09908 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 13 Mar 1997 18:59:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA09903 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 1997 18:59:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id SAA02555; Thu, 13 Mar 1997 18:59:23 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 18:59:23 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: raj@cisco.com cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing using 3COM Etherlink III PCMCIA card In-Reply-To: <199703140144.RAA27827@rjohnson-home-ss20.cisco.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 13 Mar 1997 raj@cisco.com wrote: > > > I wouldn't mind purchasing one if you know for sure how to > > > configure it, and if it'll continue to work and be supported on > > > FreeBSD in the future! Where do I send my money? > > > > If they work now, they should later. We're checking on pricing, the D rev > > cards were backordered and we may be able to get something older a bit > > faster. > > >From what I've be able to discover, the AST Ascentia P50 uses a "PCI to > PCMCIA bridge". The system is shipped with "Cardwiz" for DOS and > Windows setups. I talked with a techie at AST and they told me that I > definitely can NOT use a "Point Enabler" and must use Cardwiz in order > access the card. Looking at FreeBSD information it appears as though > there is no support for PCMCIA bridges, although I'm seeing what looks > to be support under Linux. How odd. In this case you should certainly consider installing the PAO package, available at http://www.jp.freebsd.org/PAO. Not allowing point enablers would be a variation from previous PCIC's. > > Are you sure irq 5 is available, ie not used by a built-in soundcard? > > You'll get the timeout if it isn't responding to IRQs. > > That makes sense. Probably it's not getting the interrupt because you > must talk to it through this PCMCIA bridge. Generally the PCIC (the bridge) takes care of this, that's why it's a bridge. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major