> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of paul > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 5:16 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: inspiron 8000 pcmcia problem > > > I've already posted this question to -mobile just trying to > get as much traffic as possible ok I got a rather frustrating > problem if anyone can help me it would be greatly appreciated > I've tryed 3 pcmcia cards on my i8k all 3 of them give me > device timeouts (netgear fa410tx, smc 8040, and a linksys > card) all of which are on the hardware compat list except the > smc card which i read somewhere is supported so i gave it a > try. Anyway I added pccard_enable="YES" > pccardd_ifconfig="DHCP" tryed ifconfig_ed1="DHCP" for fun and > i tryed changing the irq port with the -i flag for > pccardd_flags and editing pccard.conf. Nothing seems to work > I have miibus compiled in the kernel all the proper drivers > all 3 of the cards are recognized at boot however i recieve > the infamous ed1: device timeout message. The cards work on > linux and windows maybe I'm missing something I have never > dealt with pcmcia cards until now. I googled for 2 days and > asked on numerous irc channels. Am I missing something? It > seems to be a rather common problem with all the results from > my google searchs. I've also disabled everything in my bios > still nothing I've tryed using 4.9, 5.2rc2 and -current with > the same results. Someone please help me! I keep hearing its > an irq conflict my card gets set to irq 10 its seems even > when i try to change it..btw all tryed device.hints and kernel.conf. > Thanks -Paul
In your bios, is there an option for the pcmcia type?? Such as Auto, cardbus, and something else that I can't remember right now... I don't know if the Dell's have that option, I haven't checked mine, but I know our toshiba's had it. I haven't tried freebsd on a notebook, but when using Novell Netware's Zenworks Imaging, which uses linux base for the clients before imaging, I always had to set that option in bios to be cardbus (auto would not work) for the cards we had (3com/megahertz FE575) in order for it to be detected. -Mike _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
