Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 18:29:01 +0800 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help Message-ID: <19971204182901.29141@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199712040804.BAA24286@mt.sri.com>; from Nate Williams on Thu, Dec 04, 1997 at 01:04:12AM -0700 References: <199712040551.VAA15167@mail.nomadix.com> <199712040625.QAA01864@word.smith.net.au> <199712040804.BAA24286@mt.sri.com>
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On Thu, Dec 04, 1997 at 01:04:12AM -0700, Nate Williams wrote: >> I'm keeping this cc'd to the list; there's every chance that this >> information is useful to other people as well. >> >>> Sorry, you have to excuse me. I have been trying to get the PC Card on the >>> ElanSC400 Evaluation Board for 3 weeks 24-7 with no luck what so ever. The >>> problems have been to many to name. > > In the future, try emailing the mobile list. We're here to help, or at > least bitch about the hardware. :) > >>> However, my present situation is that >>> FreeBSD does not recognize the second slot when a card is inserted. > > Sounds like a VLSI board. They do things a non-standard way, and > it's possible the VLSI work-around code doesn't work on all the > hardware. > >> The >>> cards that I have tried have been Eagle Technology's NE2000, Fujitsu >>> MBH10302, 3Com 3C3589C/D. > > The 3COM card should *always* work. If it doesn't, then you've got > setup/hardware problems. About this time last year, I spent 3 days trying to get a 3C589C working on my AcerNote Light. I still can't get it to work with PCMCIA support. The problem is the bridge in the Acer. Mike Smith has more details on that. But I'd certainly qualify the statement that the 3C589 should *always* work. Greg
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