Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 10:08:54 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: "Brett E. Wynkoop" <wynkoop@wynn.com> Cc: wynkoop@wynn.com Subject: Re: Kernel bug with 5.3 prevents PCMCIA use Message-ID: <20041202100854.0f17f331@localhost> In-Reply-To: <200412020824.DAA00101@prd4.wynn.com> References: <200412020824.DAA00101@prd4.wynn.com>
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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
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