Date: 24 Jul 2003 02:43:16 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [WORKING] Dell Inspiron 5150 and PCMCIA lock ups Message-ID: <1059028996.79467.55.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <20030724063952.GJ5448@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <1059025604.79467.44.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20030724061526.GI5448@wantadilla.lemis.com> <1059027887.79467.52.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20030724063952.GJ5448@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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--=-4PZgkC4eBR6nzWpWbvWH Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 02:39, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Thursday, 24 July 2003 at 2:24:47 -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 02:15, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > >> On Thursday, 24 July 2003 at 1:46:44 -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > >>> I just got a new Dell Inspiron 5150 thinking it would be a nice > >>> replacement for my 8100. So far, I'm not impressed. The BroadCom > >>> BCM440x ethernet controller isn't supported, and everytime I insert a > >>> PCMCIA card, the machine locks. > >> > >> Heh. Ditto, s/5150/5100/ > > > > Follow-up! James R. Higgins <sysop@bat21.net> suggested doing: > > > > hw.pci.allow_unsupported_io_range=3D1 > > hw.cbb.start_memory=3D0x30000000 > > > > This fixed the hang, but I still wasn't able to use my PCMCIA cards. > > Removing the memory range sysctl got everything working beautifully. > > I'm on my wireless LAN as we speak. >=20 > I don't have the machine running yet, so I'm not sure what you're > talking about in the last paragraph. Can you clarify what other > sysctls you used? I added the following to /boot/loader.conf, and PCMCIA started working: hw.pci.allow_unsupported_io_range=3D1 James also suggested adding: hw.cbb.start_memory=3D0x30000000 But that didn't work for me. >=20 > > Now, if only someone would crank out a BCM440x driver... ;-). >=20 > Read what I wrote below: Sorry, was too excited about actually being able to do something with the laptop now. Thanks. Joe >=20 > >> Duncan Barclay has a beta driver for the Broadcomm card. See > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-mobile/2003-July/001109.htm= l > >> for more details. Also, I've been given a pointer to a Linux page, > >> http://cabibbo.physics.wm.edu/~bryan/computer/inspiron5100.html, which > >> I haven't read yet. >=20 > Greg > -- > See complete headers for address and phone numbers --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-4PZgkC4eBR6nzWpWbvWH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/H4AEb2iPiv4Uz4cRAiRVAJ4ghyOsAa4XD9tiy0xPHuAiskzhXgCfSTz7 rQDCvKTAkKZ9YrdDUD1WIuA= =mB3p -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-4PZgkC4eBR6nzWpWbvWH--
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