Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 16:25:31 +0200 (MET DST) From: Nick Hibma <nick.hibma@jrc.it> To: graeme.n.brown@bt.com Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is 3Com Megahetz 3CCFE574BT Supported under FreeBSD-3.2-RELEASE a nd PAO3 ? Message-ID: <Pine.GS4.4.10.9909171625020.9900-100000@elect8> In-Reply-To: <71DA16F18D32D2119A1D0000F8FE9A9402B5A2CE@mbtlipnt01.btlabs.bt.co.uk>
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It looks like the cards are very cheap. Everybody buys them.
Check the archives, there should be more informatio there.
Nick
> Am trying to get a suitable 100BaseT/10BaseT PCMCIA Ethernet card working
> under FreeBSD-3.2-RELEASE and PAO3. Just bought a 3Com card which
> I thought was a 3C574-TX but its product code appears to be
> 3Com Megahertz 3CCFE574BT.
>
> I get the following pccardc dumpcis output :-
>
> Configuration data for card in slot 0
> Tuple #1, code = 0x1 (Common memory descriptor), length = 2
> 000: 00 ff
> Common memory device information:
> Device number 1, type No device, WPS = OFF
> Speed = No speed, Memory block size = reserved, 32 units
> Tuple #2, code = 0x17 (Attribute memory descriptor), length = 3
> 000: 43 02 ff
> Attribute memory device information:
> Device number 1, type EEPROM, WPS = OFF
> Speed = 150nS, Memory block size = 8Kb, 1 units
> Tuple #3, code = 0x20 (Manufacturer ID), length = 4
> 000: 01 01 74 05
> PCMCIA ID = 0x101, OEM ID = 0x574
> Tuple #4, code = 0x21 (Functional ID), length = 2
> 000: 06 00
> Network/LAN adapter
> Tuple #5, code = 0x15 (Version 1 info), length = 29
> 000: 04 01 33 43 6f 6d 00 4d 65 67 61 68 65 72 74 7a
> 010: 20 35 37 34 42 00 42 00 30 30 31 00 ff
> Version = 4.1, Manuf = [3Com], card vers = [Megahertz 574B]
> Addit. info = [B],[001]
> Tuple #6, code = 0x1a (Configuration map), length = 6
> 000: 02 03 00 00 01 03
> Reg len = 3, config register addr = 0x10000, last config = 0x3
> Registers: XX------
> Tuple #7, code = 0x1b (Configuration entry), length = 15
> 000: c1 01 1d 71 55 35 55 54 e0 72 5d 65 30 ff ff
> Config index = 0x1(default)
> Interface byte = 0x1 (I/O)
> Vcc pwr:
> Nominal operating supply voltage: 5 x 1V
> Max current average over 1 second: 3 x 10mA
> Max current average over 10 ms: 5 x 10mA
> Power down supply current: 5 x 1mA
> Wait scale Speed = 7.0 x 100 ns
> RDY/BSY scale Speed = 5.0 x 100 us
> Card decodes 5 address lines, full 8/16 Bit I/O
> IRQ modes: Level
> IRQs: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
> Tuple #8, code = 0x19 (JEDEC descr for attribute memory), length = 3
> 000: 00 00 ff
> Tuple #9, code = 0x14 (No link), length = 0
> Tuple #10, code = 0x10 (Checksum), length = 5
> 000: ae ff 5b 00 00
> Checksum from offset 65454, length 91, value is 0x0
> Tuple #11, code = 0xff (Terminator), length = 0
> 2 slots found
>
> I concocted this entry in etc/pccard.conf :-
>
> # 3Com Megahertz 3CCFE574BT (experimental)
> card "3Com" "Megahertz 574B"
> config default "ep0" any
> insert logger -s 3Com Megahertz 3C574B inserted
> insert /etc/pccard_ether $device
> remove logger -s 3Com Megahertz 3C574B removed
> remove /etc/pccard_ether_remove $device
>
> I get the following /var/log/messages :-
>
> Sep 17 14:02:51 myname /kernel: Card inserted, slot 0
> Sep 17 14:02:52 myname lpd[149]: restarted
> Sep 17 14:02:53 myname pccardd[54]: Card "3Com"("Megahertz 574B") [B] [001]
> matched "3Com" ("Megahertz 574B") [(null)] [(null)]
> Sep 17 14:02:56 myname /kernel: card0: assign ep0 iobase 0x300 irq 9
> Sep 17 14:02:56 myname /kernel: ep0: failed to come ready.
> Sep 17 14:02:56 myname /kernel: Return IRQ=9
> Sep 17 14:02:56 myname pccardd[54]: driver allocation failed for 3Com
> (Device not configured)
> Sep 17 14:02:56 myname pccardd[54]: pccardd started
>
> Has anyone had experience with this card and got it to work ?
>
> I could have bought a D-Link DE650 card from same supplier.
> Perhaps this would be a better choice as to finding a suported
> 100BaseT/10BaseT card.
>
> TIA
> Graeme N Brown
> email: graeme.n.brown@bt.com
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