Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 15:23:53 -0500 From: "Steve Sims" <SimsS@IBM.Net> To: "HOSOKAWA Tatsumi" <hosokawa@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp> Cc: <FreeBSD-Mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 2.2-BETA PC-card installer test release Message-ID: <199701132024.UAA87535@smtp-gw01.ny.us.ibm.net>
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I've got a "LinkSys Combo PCMCIA" Ethernet card. It emulates an NE-2000 perfectly, but this card fails initialization because the PAO floppy doesn't know that it's a "virtual NE clone". What do I have to forward to you to get this card recognized? Second question: I've tried various flavors of the PAO floppy on a couple of different Compaq Laptops; a Contura Aero 4/33 and a LTE/Elite P-75. Both fail the sio probe miserably. With whom should I coordinate to get Compaq's (proprietary, I assume) SIO's to work with FreeBSD? ...sjs... ---------- > From: HOSOKAWA Tatsumi <hosokawa@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp> > To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > Subject: 2.2-BETA PC-card installer test release > Date: Monday, January 13, 1997 9:40 AM > > FreeBSD 2.2-BETA PC-card installer (test release) > > ftp://ryukyu.mt.cs.keio.ac.jp/pub/FreeBSD/2.2-PAO-flp > > Please test it! > > Tatsumi Hosokawa > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > FreeBSD 2.2-BETA PC-card Installer > > Tatsumi Hosokawa > <hosokawa@jp.FreeBSD.org> > BSD-nomads team, Japan > > > 1. What's this floppy? > > The kernel and sysinstall of this floppy includes PAO PC-card package > for FreeBSD. You can install FreeBSD with this floppy from various > PC-cards (Ethernet, Modem, ISDN, SCSI CDROM, ATAPI CDROM, etc.). This > floppy is based on FreeBSD 2.2-BETA and PAO-970112. Therefore, > supported cards are same as the cards supported by PAO-970112. See > the list at the end of this file for details. > > PAO is a package that supports moble computing on FreeBSD. Part of > old PAO packages have been incorporated into original FreeBSD souce > tree, and now also the code in this package is waiting for > integration. Part of codes in PAO has been less reviewed and it > includes some experimental (pre-alpha level) codes that is not suited > to be incorported into the original source tree at current status, but > PAO is more useful and support more card compared to current FreeBSD > PC-card suppot. > > > 2. PC-card Basics > > To use this floppy, you have to know at least some basic ideas of > PC-card architecture. PC-card uses I/O port, IRQ, and shared memory > like many ISA devices, but the address and IRQ level are dynamically > allocated by a special hardware called PC-card controller (or PC-card > bridge). > > Each PC-card slot has eight memory windows, two I/O windows and a > unnumbered IRQ line. PC-card controller maps these resources onto ISA > or PCI space. PC-card can be controlled by CPU like ordinaly ISA > devices because this mapping function works transparently. > > > (All memory windows and > I/O Window 1 are unused) > +---------+ +------------+ / > | |--------------------| |-----------/ ISA BUS > | Modem | I/O Window 0 | PC-card | 3f8 - 3ff / > | PC-card |--------------------| Controller |-----------/ > | |<==================>| |<=========>/ > +---------+ unnumbered IRQ +------------+ IRQ 3 / > > fig.1 Modem card is mapped as a serial chip on ISA bus > > > To determine the value of these parameters, operating system uses "CIS > (Card Information Structure) tupples" described in EEPROM memory in > the cards. Operating system gets this information also via PC-card > controller. PC-card controller requires 16 kilobytes of memory > address for this purpose (it maps EEPROM memory onto this area). You > can read these data by typing "/stand/pccardc dumpcis" from command > prompt after the installation. A sample output of "/stand/pccardc > dumpcis" follows. > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tuple #6, code = 0x1b (Configuration entry), length = 16 > 000: e0 41 99 49 55 26 25 aa 60 f8 03 07 30 ff ff 28 > Config index = 0x20(default) > Interface byte = 0x41 (I/O) +RDY/-BSY active > Vcc pwr: > Nominal operating supply voltage: 5 x 1V > Continuous supply current: 2 x 100mA > Power down supply current: 2 x 10mA > Card decodes 10 address lines, 8 Bit I/O only > I/O address # 1: block start = 0x3f8 block length = 0x8 > IRQ modes: Level > IRQs: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 > Max twin cards = 0 > Misc attr: (Audio-BVD2) (Power down supported) > Tuple #7, code = 0x1b (Configuration entry), length = 7 > 000: 21 08 aa 60 f8 02 07 > Config index = 0x21 > Card decodes 10 address lines, 8 Bit I/O only > I/O address # 1: block start = 0x2f8 block length = 0x8 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > fig.2 Sample CIS tupples (part of CIS in Megahertz XJ3288) > > > This floppy uses 0xd0000-0xd3ffff for this scratch area by default, > but if your hardware uses this area for other purposes, you can select > another addresses (0xd4000, 0xd8000, and 0xdc000) from the first menu > of this floppy. If you're uncertain of the detailed spec of your > hardware, proceed without selecting optional values, and test other > options after it causes any problems :-). 0xd0000 is appropreate > value on most laptop hardware. > > There's another additional menu about PC-card in this floppy. The > second menu is used to choose the free IRQ pool for PC-cards. PC-card > requires a free IRQ that is not used by other devices. Operating > system must manages free IRQ pool for this purpose. You can choose > this free IRQ pool from the menu. The default is IRQ 10 and 11. > Please note that there are some machines that have sound card which > occupies IRQ 10 (and too bad that can't be probed by installation > floppy, of course). If you have such machines, you can't use IRQ 10 > for this purpose. IRQ 5 and 11 would be good alternative, but use IRQ > 11 only if you have another devices which occupies IRQ 5. > > > 3. FreeBSD installation note > > If you want to use PC-card after the installation is finished, you > must recompile kernel with PC-card support. Therefore, you *MUST* > install kernel sources. This floppy automatically adds "src/ssys" > (kernel sources) distribution on "User" and "X-User" distribution > sets, but if you want to install "minimum" distributsion set or if you > want to choose distribution by yourself, you have to add "src/ssys" > distribution to distribution set manually. > > > 4. After installation > > If you installed 2.2-BETA with this floppy, you can install PAO kernel > without getting PAO package from net or CDROM. This floppy installs > PAO patches in /stand/PAO/sys, /etc files in /stand/PAO/etc, and > pccardd (PC-card daemon) and pccardc (PC-card controller) in /stand, > respectively. Moreover, you can recompile PAO kernel from "Config" > menu of /stand/sysinstall. > > When you've installed FreeBSD with this floppy and reboot the machine, > log in the machine as root user and execute /stand/sysinstall. You > can recompile and install PAO kernel from the menu of this installer. > > Select the "PC-card" in "Config" menu of sysinstall. Note that these > operations have to be done just after the system is installed. > Especially if you've made any patches onto kernel sources, these > operations may fail. Please do it as soon as possible. > > If you have selected non-default parameters for PC-card controller > scratch memory or PC-card free IRQ pool, please modify the following > paramters manually (sorry, this can't be done automatically now). > > PC-card controller memory --> "pccardmem" in /etc/sysconfig > Free IRQ pool for PC-cards --> "irq" in /etc/pccard.conf > > The FAQ list of PAO is placed at /stand/PAO/doc/PAO-FAQ. Please read > it before asking us about your problems. Many typical questions are > answered in this file. > > I recommend you to replaace pccardd, pccardc, shutdown, and apm > commands with newer ones included in PAO package. You can found PAO > package and information at PAO Webpage > (http://www.mt.cs.keio.ac.jp/person/hosokawa/PAO/) and PAO anonymous > FTP server (ftp://ryukyu.mt.cs.keio.ac.jp/pub/FreeBSD/PAO/). > > Let's enjoy mobile computing with FreeBSD! > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Appendix: PAO-970112 Supported Cards > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Type Card Status Driver > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Ethernet > 3Com Etherlink III 3C589 OK ep > 3Com Etherlink III 3C589B OK ep > 3Com Etherlink III 3C589C OK ep > Accton EN2212 OK ed > Accton EN2216 OK ed > ADDTRON EP-210A OK ed > Contec C-NET(PC)C OK fe > Dayna Communications CommuniCard E OK ed > Digital DEPCM-BA Ethernet OK ed > D-link DE-650 Ethernet Card OK ed > D-link DE-653 Ethernet Card OK ed > Eiger Labs EPX-ET10T2 Combo OK ed > Farallon EtherMac OK ep > Fujitsu FMV-J181 OK fe > Fujitsu FMV-J182 OK fe > Fujitsu FMV-J182A OK fe > Genius ME3000II Ethernet OK ed > GVC NIC-2000P Ethernet Card OK ed > Hitachi HT-4840-11 OK fe > IBM Creditcard Ethernet I OK ed > IBM Creditcard Ethernet II OK ed > IC-card Ethernet OK ed > IO-DATA PCMCIA PCLA/T Ethernet Card OK ed > Laneed PCMCIA Ethernet Card ELECOM LD-CDWA OK ed > Megahertz Ethernet Adapter OK sn > Megahertz X-Jack Ethernet OK sn > Melco LPC-T OK ed > National Semiconductor InfoMover 4100 OK ed > NDC Instant-Link OK ed > NextCom J Link NC5310 OK fe > Panasonic CF-VEL211P-B OK ed > PLANET Smart Com 2000 OK ed > PLANET Smart Com 3500 OK ed > PreMax PE-200 OK ed > RATOC REX-5588 OK fe *1 > RATOC REX-9821 OK fe > RATOC REX-9821 OK fe > TDK LAK-CD021A OK fe > Wireless LAN > AT&T GIS WaveLAN OK wlp *2 > Digital RoamAbout/DS OK wlp *2 > FAX/Modem > Virtually all modem card should work sio *3 > (but it still does not work on some machines...) > Alpha-testers reported that they can use the following cards. > AIWA PV-JF144 OK sio > AIWA PV-JF288 OK sio > APEX DATA Mobile Plus V.34 OK sio > APEX Data Multicard (as modem) OK sio > Dell Dacom Modem/FAX V32.bis OK sio > Fujitsu FMV-JMD712 OK sio > GATEWAY2000 MODEM OK sio > Hayes OPTIMA 144 OK sio > Hayes OPTIMA 288 V.34 OK sio > IBM Push/Pop Modem OK sio > IO Data PCFM144 FAX/Modem OK sio > Lasat Credit 288, V34 Data/Fax Modem OK sio > Megahertz XJ1144 OK sio > Megahertz XJ2144 OK sio > Megahertz XJ2144 (JP) OK sio > Megahertz XJ2288 OK sio > Megahertz XJ3288 (JP) OK sio > Megahertz XJEM1144 (as modem) OK sio > MEGASOFT STARFAX CARD 288 OK sio > Mitsubishi B8899 Fax Modem OK sio > NewMedia FAX/Modem 14.4K OK sio > NextCom NCM1428JA FAX/Data Modem OK sio > NOTEWORTHY NW288CR OK sio > Novalink NovaModem 144 OK sio > NTT-IT ThunderCard AVF288 OK sio > OMRON ME2814 Fax/Modem OK sio > OMRON MD24XCA Fax/Modem OK sio > Panasonic CF-JMD101 OK sio > Panasonic MODEM SCSI Card CF-JMS101 (as modem) OK sio > Panasonic TO-CAF288 OK sio > PREMAX FM288 OK sio > Smart ST1414L Fax/Voice/Modem OK sio > Software Japan Tsunagu-V34 OK sio > SUNTAC MS288CF OK sio > TDK DF1414 OK sio > TDK DF1414EX OK sio > TDK DF2814B OK sio > TDK DF2814B/M OK sio > TDK DF3314BZ OK sio > TDK GlobalNetworker 3410 (as modem) OK sio > US Robotics Sportster PCMCIA V.34 OK sio *4 > US Robotics COURIER PCMCIA V.34 OK sio *4 > ISDN > BUG Linkboy D64K OK sio > BUG Linkboy D128 OK sio > NEC Aterm IC20 OK sio > Digital Cellular > APEX Data Mobile Plus Celluar V.34 OK sio > Nokia cellular data card DTP-2 Ok sio > Nokia cellular data card DTP-8 Ok sio > NTT DoCoMo DATA/FAX Adapter OK sio > NTT DoCoMo DATA/FAX Adapter Mark II OK sio > SUNTAC DIGITAL MODEM/FAX OK sio > GPS Receiver > SONY PACY-CNV10 OK sio > FM-Radio Card > Panasonic CF-JVR101 OK sio *6 > SCSI > Adaptec SlimSCSI APA-1460 OK aic > NewMedia BusToaster OK aic > RATOC REX-5535AC OK spc > RATOC REX-5535AMC OK spc > RATOC REX-5535X OK spc > RATOC REX-5535XM OK spc > SONY PRD-250 CD-ROM Diskman OK aic > Flash ATA > Virtually all Flash ATA card should work wdc *3 > Alpha-testers reported that they can use the following cards. > Epson Flash Packer 5MB OK wdc > Epson Flash Packer 20MB OK wdc > Epson Flash Packer 40MB OK wdc > Epson Flash Packer 85MB OK wdc > HP F1012A OK wdc > IBM IBM17JSSFP10 OK wdc > IO Data Flash Packer 10MB OK wdc > Midori Elec. Fast Flash OK wdc > Ricoh ATA 10MB OK wdc > SunDisk SPD5-5 OK wdc > SunDisk SPD5-20 OK wdc > SunDisk SPD-40 OK wdc > ATA HDD > Virtually all ATA HDD card should work wdc *3 > Alpha-testers reported that they can use the following cards. > Epson America Inc. EHDD170 OK wdc > IBM 105MB PCMCIA Hard Disk Drive OK wdc > Maxtor MobileMax MXL131 OK wdc > Mitsubishi M6887-3 170MB OK wdc > External HDD Adapter > Alpha Data Pocket Harddisk AD-PCH340 OK wdc > GREYSTONE DiskDock OK wdc > ATAPI CD-ROM > Caravelle Data Systems CD620Emk2 (PSC-IDE) OK wdc > DEC Digital Mobile Media OK wdc *5 > I/O DATA CD-ROM PCMCIA IDE CARD OK wdc > Video Capture > IBM Smart Capture Card OK scc > IBM Smart Capture Card II OK scc > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > *1 I received a report that it worked, but couldn't use this card on > my machine. CIS tupples are different from his card, and I > adjusted config indices to the card I got, but I received only > error messages "fe0: cannot empty receive buffer" and "fe0: > transmission timeout (1+0)". If you have this card, please send > report to me! > > *2 These cards are supported by 2.2-SNAP only. > > *3 Some cards or laptops needs modifications to /etc/pccard.conf, and > some combinations of cards and laptops do not work. > > *4 But, there are also some reports that US Robotics Modem cards can't > be used with this package. > > *5 This CD-ROM has PCIC in it, so it can't be hotplugged. And, ATAPI > CDROM is supported by 2.2-SNAP only. > > *6 Currently, no client application software is available. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > $Id: pccard.hlp,v 1.7 1997/01/13 10:31:09 hosokawa Exp hosokawa $ > > -- > HOSOKAWA, Tatsumi > hosokawa@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp > hosokawa@jp.FreeBSD.org
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