Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:25:12 +0100 From: Vince <jhary@unsane.co.uk> To: Jim Stapleton <stapleton.41@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pccard slot not working properly Message-ID: <452523D8.3020300@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20610050806r7183aba4r5fed4cd372568278@mail.gmail.com> References: <80f4f2b20609291227u422291b6ucfc1d7b38a1c2a3e@mail.gmail.com> <20061003.002812.-1733292693.imp@bsdimp.com> <80f4f2b20610050806r7183aba4r5fed4cd372568278@mail.gmail.com>
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Jim Stapleton wrote: > Alright, attached at the end is the (extremely large) results of your > request. As I said in a previous reply, I didn't know what was the > required information. Anyway, I'm getting this sooner than later, as > the Intel drivers on Gentoo were nonfunctional, and I find, when > things are broken, I'd rather be in BSD than Linux. > Purely on the basis its a toshiba, have you tried adding hw.pci.allow_unsupported_io_range=1 to /boot/loader.conf ? (my old 8100 needs this for its pcmcia to work although the symptoms don't quite match and i seem to remember another tecra i had needed this also.) Vince > Thanks, > -Jim Stapleton > > > > dmesg output > <snipped> > > > > On 10/3/06, M. Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: >> I hate to sound like Bill Paul, but can you provide a little more >> information? Like what card is this? Cardbus or PC Card? >> >> I'd boot -v and also turn on the following tunables: >> hw.cbb.debug=1 >> hw.pccard.cis_debug=1 >> hw.pccard.debug=1 >> hw.cardbus.cis_debug=1 >> hw.cardbus.debug=1 >> in /boot/loader.conf and post the dmesg here (or a pointer to it), in >> addition to cc'ing me. My wife is expecting any day now, so I might >> suddenly disappear for a couple of weeks. There are others here that >> can help you out, however, if you post this basic information. >> >> Warner >> >> In message: <80f4f2b20609291227u422291b6ucfc1d7b38a1c2a3e@mail.gmail.com> >> "Jim Stapleton" <stapleton.41@gmail.com> writes: >> : I have a pccard wireless NIC, and I know it comes up and runs in >> : Knoppix, but in FreeBSD, it is troubled. It is reported to work on one >> : website, using NDIS, but I don't get far enough to make use of it. >> : After some testing, I suspect it's the notebook not recognizing the >> : pccard slot. >> : >> : - The cards diagnostic light blinks green and then goes off when >> inserted >> : - The card information does not appear in dmesg after insertion >> : - The card appears to work fine in knoppix >> : - I'll have a friend with some spare pccards come over tomorrow - her >> : cards work on her BSD box just fine, just to verify if it's card or >> : card controller. >> : >> : My question, the system is a Toshiba Satellite A105-4001. It is an >> : i850/ICH7 based machine. What's the best way to see what the pccard >> : device is, and figure out how to get it working? >> : >> : My main test that leaves me suspicious, I booted the machine with the >> : card and ran the following commands: >> : $ ls /dev > IL-dev >> : $ dmesg > IL-dmesg >> : $ pciconf > IL-pciconf >> : >> : Next, I rebooted it without the card: >> : $ ls /dev > I-dev >> : $ dmesg > I-dmesg >> : $ pciconf > I-pciconf >> : >> : Next I diff'ed the IL files with their matching I files, the only >> : difference that popped up with dmesg with the 'Timecounter "TSC" >> : frequency [...]. entry, which to my knowledge, should not be related >> : to the problem at all. >> : >> : Any suggestions? >> : >> : Thanks, >> : -Jim Stapleton >> : _______________________________________________ >> : freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list >> : http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile >> : To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> : >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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