Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 07:31:21 -0800 From: Eric =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Hedstr=F6m?= <erich@ucsd.edu> To: Aaron Brosseau <vaio_net@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Two Identical Nics - No Solution In Sight Message-ID: <3C629DC9.4090409@ucsd.edu> References: <000901c1af8e$a6853890$b74d3844@cc2448180a>
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I haven't had to do this since FreeBSD 3.4, but all the suggestions I've seen involved adding another config line to the pccard.conf section for your card: irq 9 10 ... config 0x2 "ed0" 9 config 0x3 "ed1" 10 (Use IRQs that are free on your system, if 9 and 10 are not). A groups.google.com search of "freebsd pcmcia two network cards config line pccard.conf" brings up various examples. Hope this helps, Eric Aaron Brosseau wrote: > Hello, > > I've got what seems to be a very common problem. Two identical pcmcia > network cards on one machine and only one works. I've searched the mailing > list archives and seen many people with the exact same problem. > Unfortunately, all the solutions that were given were either guesses on how > to fix the problem or non-specific things to try. Since I am new to this > list, I'm not sure if this issue is something that gets discussed often, but > I'm hoping someone out there knows the answer. I would prefer that only > people who have dealt with this problem directly (and solved it) reply to > this email. > > > The problem - on boot up, one card is always detected fine, but the second > card produces the error message - "No free configuration for card Linksys". > > All the things I've read regarding this problem seem to revolve around three > files - the kernel, rc.conf, and pccard.conf. I've tried every solution or > suggestion that I've come across and nothing has worked yet. > > Here is what I've got: > > A 380D IBM ThinkPad and two identical Linksys PCMPC100 network cards (the > ones with the detachable dongles). I am running FreeBSD 4.5. If I use a > different brand of NIC for the second (or first) slot, everything works > fine. Also, if I just switch the two NIC's, the error message still > appears. I have also tried to use the two Linksys cards on another laptop > and the errors show up on that one as well. If I use the cards > individually, they work perfect. This tells me that the NICs are fine and > the slots can both be used simultaneously for the ThinkPad. > > Here is what I've tried already to fix the problem: > > 1. Modifying the pccard.conf file to only have the driver I need for the > Linksys card. > 2. Changing the values of the Linksys section of the pccard.conf for my > specific card. > 3. Adding the lines: ifconfig_ed0=inet 192.168.0.13 netmask 255.255.255.0 > and ifconfig_ed1=inet 192.168.0.14 netmask 255.255.255.0 to my rc.conf. > 4. Rebuilding the kernel with the lines: ed0 at isa? port 0x300 irq 3 iomem > 0xd8000 and ed1 at isa? port 0x280 irq 10 iomem 0xdc000. > 5. Rebuilding the kernel with just line: device ed (removing the lines from > step 4). > 6. Rebuilding the kernel with all other devices removed that weren't > absolutely needed. > 7. Rebuilding the kernel with the "disable" removed from the end of the > device pcic1 ... line. > 8. Checking dmesg | grep irq to make sure there were no IRQ conflicts. > > If someone needs to see my dmesg output word for word or my kernel file, I > will be glad to send them, but I really feel like since this seems to be > such a common and known issue, there must be a straight forward list of what > exactly needs to be changed on any given system to make this work. If > anyone out there has dealt with this problem and knows SPECIFICALLY what > they did to rectify it, please let me know. Thank you for all your help. > > Aaron > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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