Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 11:49:18 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: wynkoop@wynn.com Cc: bugbusters@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel bug with 5.3 prevents PCMCIA use Message-ID: <20041202.114918.68123765.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <200412021825.iB2IPKAi012802@wa3yre.wynn.com> References: <20041202100854.0f17f331@localhost> <200412021825.iB2IPKAi012802@wa3yre.wynn.com>
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wynkoop@wynn.com writes:
: >
: > On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 03:24:17 -0500 (EST)
: > "Brett E. Wynkoop" <wynkoop@wynn.com> wrote:
: >
: > Hello Brett,
: >
: > >
: > > Greeting-
: > > The silly web form kept rejecting this, so here is an email.
: > >
: > > FreeBSD 5.3 fails to see the PCMCIA controller on the following
: > > laptops:
: > >
: > > Compaq LTE 5100
: > > Compaq LTE 5200
: > > Compaq Armada 1130
: > > AMS Roadpro
: > > Toshiba Libretto 100
: > > Toshiba Libretto 50
: > > Nec Versa 2000
: > >
: > > Systems have ram from 24-64Mb and disk from 500M-20G. None of the systems
: > > show PCMCIA controllers when booted from the install floppy set. One
: > > system was installed by doing the install on another system and
: > > moving the disk over. That resulted in a full minimal install
: > > with no PCMCIA card being recognized by the default kernel.
: > > Attempting to load the pcmcia modules resulted in a message that
: > > they were already in the kernel. Starting pccardd resulted
: > > in the following message:
: > >
: > > fatal error: no PC-CARD slots
: > >
: > > You can repeat this by doing a 5.3 install onto an older laptop
: > > with only 16Bit PCMCIA card slots. You can also gain access to my
: > > system by email request. I can make a slip or plip connection
: > > to get it on the net for you.
: >
: > I've done nothing to investigate; however, I have CC:ed a local
: > PCMCIA guru (Warner) to see what he has to say about your issue.
: >
: > Warner, have you seen this problem before?
: >
: > --
: > Tom Rhodes
: >
: Greeting-
: I also had the same reuslts with 5.2.1 and at that time just gave up
: on things with the hope it would be fixed when 5.x became stable. I probably
: should have said something then.
The Libretto 100 should have worked, but the others all have ISA PCIC
bridges. 5.3 should have worked with that, but evidentally didn't.
Warner
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