Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 11:22:34 -0000 From: Gunnar Flygt <gunnar.flygt@sr.se> To: Greg Smith <freebsd_mail@myrealbox.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Compaq Evo N800c and FreeBSD Message-ID: <20030308073644.GA67939@sr.se> In-Reply-To: <200303071424310873.2AAC07EE@smtp.myrealbox.com> References: <20030307085934.GB49372@sr.se> <20030307112724.GJ424@freebsd.org.ru> <20030307123438.GA51261@sr.se> <20030307164501.GA53132@sr.se> <200303070850380652.297A5BA5@smtp.myrealbox.com> <20030307221958.GC55414@sr.se> <200303071424310873.2AAC07EE@smtp.myrealbox.com>
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On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 02:24:31PM -0800, Greg Smith wrote: > Gunnar, > > Maybe running of pccardd along with the memory setting of Kevin will do > the job. I just rebooted with the following setting: hw.cbb.start_memory="0x20000000" And now my Netgear card is detected as wi0 Will try to configure the card to see if it is working properly :) So it seems I'm cosing up to a solution!? > > Good luck. > > Greg > > -----Original Message----- > > >On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 08:50:38AM -0800, Greg Smith wrote: > >> Gunnar, > >> > >> Did you have pccardd running? With pccard_enable="YES" in > /etc/rc.conf > >> or wherever it might go in 5.0. > >> > >> It won't be automatically started with NEWCARD. > > > >Yes, it was activated. i.e it says pccard_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf > >but it isn't running when I look closer after a boot, so I added > >pccardd_flags="-z" which used to help. But not this time. > > > >When I put a card in the port it says: > >end (ffffffff) > sc->memlimit (803fffff) > >pccard0: Card has no functions! > >cbb0: PC Card card activation failed > > > >And that's it. > > > >So I put in the pccardd_flags="-z" > > > >But that makes no difference. The machine doesn't like pccard when > >running CURRENT. > >> > >> Greg > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> > >> >OK! So now I've also tested with OLDCARD. It isn't any better. > Result: > >> >pccard: card inserted, slot 0 > >> > > >> >And that's it. It doesn't detect the card or inform anything more. > >> > > >> >So should I say that this brand new Compaq Laptop is NO GO for > FreeBSD > >> >CURRENT? Just to inform you, I've tried Linux RedHat 8 and Mandrake > of > >> >some brand (8.x probably) with even worse result. They don't even > >> boot. > >> > > >> >So it seems Compaq has done it. Being totally dedicated to M$ > >> > > >> >Boring. I won't ever buy a Compaq laptop again. Pity I didn't stay > >> >with Toshiba. Had only good things to say about my Tecra 9100. > >> >Until it died electrically for me. > >> > > >> >-- > >> >Gunnar Flygt, SR > >> > > >> >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >> >with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > >> > >> > >> > > > >-- > >Gunnar Flygt, Postmaster SR > > > -- Gunnar Flygt, Postmaster SR
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