Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 10:19:49 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: "Gary T. Corcoran" <garycorc@idt.net> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Does 3C589D using ep0 need PAO? Message-ID: <199710221619.KAA10415@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <344D9623.90B4E255@idt.net> References: <344D9623.90B4E255@idt.net>
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> I've just bought my first notebook PC and I'm trying to get my
> 3Com 3C589D ethernet card going. After searching through my
> year's worth of -mobile messages, I've made some progress (used DOS
> to read card settings, setup pccard.conf, pccard_ifconfig in rc.conf,
> compiled custom kernel) but I'm to the point where I'm getting the
> "driver allocation failed for 3Com Corporation" message.
If you use the if_zp driver, you don't need the PCCARD code. But, it
appears that you want it. Can you send your kernel config,
/etc/rc.conf, and /etc/pccard.conf so we can look? In case they help,
the relevant snippets from my configuration are posted here.
kernel config:
--------------
# PCCARD (PCMCIA) support
controller crd0
device pcic0 at crd?
device pcic1 at crd?
# Not used with pccard support
#device zp0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 10 iomem 0xde000 vector zpintr
# PCCARD version of the 3Com driver
device ep0 at isa? port 0x300 net irq 10 vector epintr
/etc/rc.conf:
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apm_enable="YES" # Set to YES if you want APM enabled.
pccard_enable="YES" # Set to YES if you want to configure PCCARD devices.
pccard_mem="DEFAULT" # If pccard_enable=YES, this is card memory address.
pccard_ifconfig="inet 206.127.76.107 netmask 0xffffffe0"
/etc/pccard.conf:
-----------------
# Generally available IO ports
io 0x240-0x360
# Generally available IRQs (Built-in sound-card owners remove 5)
irq 10 11 13 15
# Available memory slots
memory 0xd4000 96k
# 3Com Etherlink III 3C589B, 3C589C
card "3Com Corporation" "3C589"
config 0x1 "ep0" 11
insert echo 3Com Etherlink III inserted
insert /etc/pccard_ether ep0 link0 -link1
# insert /etc/pccard_ether ep0 -link0 link1
remove echo 3Com Etherlink III removed
remove /sbin/ifconfig ep0 delete
> I'm presuming that the fact that pccardc dumpcis does give me
> info, plus the fact that I get a beep and "Card removed" /
> "Card inserted" messages (but NOT the strings in pccard.conf)
> means that the PC-card slots themselves are "working".
Yep.
> For now, I just have one simple question:
> If I want to use the "ep0" driver with pccardd, do I, or do
> I _not_ need to get the PAO patches for the 3C589D?
No, you do *NOT* need the PAO patches.
> Okay, how about one more question: is the "driver allocation
> failed" message indicative of a simple known problem?
Yes, if the above snippets don't help get you on the right track, send
those files and we can debug it remotely.
Nate
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