Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 21:54:17 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Steve Tracy <stevet@acs.stritch.edu> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ActionTec FastNet pccard.conf entry Message-ID: <199807030454.VAA04057@antipodes.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 01 Jul 1998 19:37:24 CDT." <Pine.OSF.3.96.980701192828.4990B-100000@acs.stritch.edu>
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> Hello, > > I'm trying to get an ActionTec FastNet Ethernet Adapter (PCMCIA) to work > with FreeBSD 2.2.6 but I'm having trouble figuring out what to put in the > pccard.conf file. The network card is supposed to be a n NE2000 > compatible card. The pccardc dumpcis for the card is: With this CIS, it's not going to look much like an NE2000 I don't think. Where did your information come from - the sales droid, or the box? > Tuple #6, code = 0x1b (Configuration entry), length = 25 > 000: c1 81 78 ca 61 00 03 0f 10 03 0f 30 fc be c9 04 > 010: 00 00 40 0d 40 40 00 40 0d > Config index = 0x1(default) > Interface byte = 0x81 (I/O) wait signal supported > Card decodes 10 address lines, limited 8/16 Bit I/O > I/O address # 1: block start = 0x300 block length = 0x10 > I/O address # 2: block start = 0x310 block length = 0x10 > IRQ modes: Level > IRQs: 4 5 10 11 12 13 14 15 > Memory descriptor 1 > blk length = 0x400 card addr = 0x000 host addr = 0xd4000 > Memory descriptor 2 > blk length = 0x4000 card addr = 0x4000 host addr = 0xd4000 A 16-byte I/O window, as well as 1K and 16K memory windows - this is not an NE2000. > Tuple #7, code = 0x0 (Null tuple), length = 9 > 000: 57 42 20 4c 41 4e 20 20 ff > Tuple #8, code = 0x22 (Functional EXT), length = 8 > 000: 04 00 20 e0 0f b1 87 ff > Voice services available: > Tuple #9, code = 0x14 (No link), length = 0 > Tuple #10, code = 0xff (Terminator), length = 0 > 2 slots found > > -------------------------------------- > > I've used the pccard.conf.sample file and added the following with no > other changes to the file: > > card "PMX " "PE-200" > config 0x1 "ed0" 13 0x10 > insert echo ActionTec PCMCIA Ethernet inserted > insert /etc/pccard_ether ed0 > remove echo ActionTec PCMCIA Ethernet removed > remove /sbin/ifconfig ed0 delete > > > When I insert the card, I get a message saying: > > Jul 1 18:35:22 myname /kernel: Card inserted, slot 0 > Jul 1 18:35:27 myname pccardd[45]: Resource allocation failure for PMX There's a bug in the code that will prevent it from successfully allocating a window for the 1K requested in the configuration entry. 8( > Does anyone have any hints or any information that I could look into? I'm > not at all sure about the entry I added as this is the first time that > I've added one, so I wouldn't be surprised if I've overlooked something > obvious to most. Any help would be appreciated. I don't think that this card is going to work, sorry. 8( -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the messagehelp
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