Xircom Realport ethernet on FreeBSD 5.3

[Cesar Mello]

Guys, you really rule!

I've build the OLDCARD kernel and my lan card started working
perfectly! I'm delighted.

Thank you a lot for the help.

Best regards!
Cesar




On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 18:24:26 +0000, Scott Mitchell
<scott+freebsd at fishballoon.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 11:57:22AM -0300, Cesar Mello wrote:
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have installed a FreeBSD 5.3 in my Portege 300CT, with a Xircom
> > Realport Ethernet 10/100+Modem 56 card.
> >
> > Please tell me where I can find information about this. What must I do
> > to make this card work? Do I need to compile a new kernel, or the
> > default one should work?
> >
> > The steps I've taken so far were:
> > - Added the line pccard_enable="YES" to rc.conf;
> > - Removed IRQ 5 (used by my sound card) from defaults/pccard.conf.
> >
> > pccard and xe drivers don't load.
> >
> > Thank you a lot for the attention.
> 
> Hi Cesar,
> 
> I don't know the 300CT - is this an older model with 16-bit PCMCIA (ie. not
> CardBus) slots?  If so, it might not work with the NEWCARD drivers that are
> the default in 5.3.  The OLDCARD framework is still supported but not in
> the GENERIC kernel - you will need to build a new kernel from the OLDCARD
> config file (/usr/src/sys/i386/conf/OLDCARD).
> 
> The RealPort card itself is definitely supported by the xe driver, so if we
> can get your system to recognise the card it should work just fine.
> 
> Could you post a copy of /var/run/dmesg.boot from your machine to the list?
> We can check if there are any PCCARD drivers being loaded and whether it's
> worthwhile trying the OLDCARD kernel.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
>         Scott
> 
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