RE: Compaq Evo N800c and FreeBSD

As a followup, the setting

> > hw.cbb.start_memory="0x20000000"

allow 5.0-current to successfully use my Intel 2011 card
on my Compaq Evo n410c laptop.  It has a buggy ACPI
implementation.

Alan Edmonds


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gunnar Flygt [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: 11 March 2003 13:55
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Compaq Evo N800c and FreeBSD
> 
> 
> On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 08:36:44AM +0100, Gunnar Flygt wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 02:24:31PM -0800, Greg Smith wrote:
> > > Gunnar,
> > > 
> > > Maybe running of pccardd along with the memory setting of 
> Kevin will do
> > > the job.
> > 
> > I just rebooted with the following setting:
> > hw.cbb.start_memory="0x20000000"
> > 
> > And now my Netgear card is detected as wi0 Will try to configure
> > the card to see if it is working properly :)
> 
> Now I've tried to configure the card exactly the way I do n 4.7
> and it doesn't work. It never detects the other station.
> 
> I also tried my Cardbus 3ComMegahertz 3CCFE575BT and the result is
> same as before. The machine hangs
> > 
> > So it seems I'm cosing up to a solution!?
> > > 
> > > Good luck.
> > > 
> > > Greg
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > 
> > > >On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 08:50:38AM -0800, Greg Smith wrote:
> > > >> Gunnar,
> > > >> 
> > > >> Did you have pccardd running?  With pccard_enable="YES" in
> > > /etc/rc.conf
> > > >> or wherever it might go in 5.0.  
> > > >> 
> > > >> It won't be automatically started with NEWCARD.
> > > >
> > > >Yes, it was activated. i.e it says pccard_enable="YES" 
> in /etc/rc.conf
> > > >but it isn't running when I look closer after a boot, so I added
> > > >pccardd_flags="-z" which used to help. But not this time.
> > > >
> > > >When I put a card in the port it says:
> > > >end (ffffffff) > sc->memlimit (803fffff)
> > > >pccard0: Card has no functions!
> > > >cbb0: PC Card card activation failed
> > > >
> > > >And that's it.
> > > >
> > > >So I put in the pccardd_flags="-z"
> > > >
> > > >But that makes no difference. The machine doesn't like 
> pccard when
> > > >running CURRENT.
> > > >> 
> > > >> Greg
> > > >> 
> > > >> -----Original Message-----
> > > >> 
> > > >> >OK! So now I've also tested with OLDCARD. It isn't any better.
> > > Result:
> > > >> >pccard: card inserted, slot 0
> > > >> >
> > > >> >And that's it. It doesn't detect the card or inform 
> anything more.
> > > >> >
> > > >> >So should I say that this brand new Compaq Laptop is NO GO for
> > > FreeBSD
> > > >> >CURRENT? Just to inform you, I've tried Linux RedHat 
> 8 and Mandrake
> > > of
> > > >> >some brand (8.x probably) with even worse result. 
> They don't even
> > > >> boot.
> > > >> >
> > > >> >So it seems Compaq has done it. Being totally dedicated to M$
> > > >> >
> > > >> >Boring. I won't ever buy a Compaq laptop again. Pity 
> I didn't stay
> > > >> >with Toshiba. Had only good things to say about my Tecra 9100.
> > > >> >Until it died electrically for me.
> > > >> >
> > > >> >-- 
> > > >> >Gunnar Flygt, SR
> > > >> >
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> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >
> > > >-- 
> > > >Gunnar Flygt, Postmaster SR
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
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