Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 20:09:08 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: "swaggy ." <quiksilver13@hotmail.com> Cc: scott.mitchell@mail.com, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Xircom CE3B-100BTX issues Message-ID: <15377.33876.174642.194501@caddis.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <F92dhlHs46tfUDbbkA500003f6c@hotmail.com> References: <F92dhlHs46tfUDbbkA500003f6c@hotmail.com>
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> I tried your suggestion and now I'm getting "device_probe_and_attach: xe0 > attach returned 12" > I've tried several IRQs already (including those besides 9,10 and 11). I > keep getting the watchdog timeout more then just a few times. Usually > initiated if I try to ping something or open an ftp session. > I'm starting to wonder if there's any known issues with the Thinkpads. My > friend calls them "Stinkpads"...heh No known issues except the usual problems with newer ThinkPads and no support for them in XFree86. Most 'older' (3-6 months old) Thinkpads are supported. Nate > > >From: Scott Mitchell <scott.mitchell@mail.com> > >To: "swaggy ." <quiksilver13@hotmail.com> > >CC: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG > >Subject: Re: Xircom CE3B-100BTX issues > >Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 23:18:49 +0000 > > > >On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 03:26:50AM +0000, swaggy . wrote: > > > I installed binaries (with just GENERIC kernel) of FreeBSD4.3 on my old > > > Thinkpad 760C and I'm having problems with the NIC. Keep getting > >watchdog > > > timeout errors and I've tried several IRQs (9,10,11 are known to work > >best > > > with this model) and still no luck. I've checked all my configs (please > >see > > > below) and can't find a reason why. > > > >Do you get the watchdog timeouts continuously, or just a couple when the > >card first comes up (that's almost normal behaviour)? If the card > >otherwise works normally I'd be inclined to let it be... > > > >This thing about Xircom cards preferring IRQ 10 & 11 is something of a > >myth; try whatever free IRQs you've got and see if any of them work. > > > >Not sure if this will make any difference (probably not), but you might > >want to try assigning an IRQ to your PCCARD controller, which is running in > >the default polling mode according to your dmesg. I believe you need to > >put a line > > machdep.pccard.pcic_irq=<whatever> > >in /boot/loader.conf > > > >HTH, > > > > Scott > > > >-- > >=========================================================================== > >Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels > >Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" > >scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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