Thinkpad 600E and 5.2

[Gary Kline]

On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 01:21:25PM -0400, Cody Baker wrote:
> I have a Thinkpad 770e (PII 266) with one of the Linksys PCMPC100 
> cards.  It does work well in FreeBSD 4.10-stable.  Do realize that you 
> won't be able to realize true 100MB performance from one of these 16bit 
> cards.  While we're on the subject though, I can't get anything to work 
> in 5.2.1.  I continually get these watchdog timeout errors, be it a 
> Cardbus card, or a 16bit card like the Linksys.  I'm planning on tossing 
> -current on it this weekend to see if the problem has already been 
> solved there.  If anyone has any thoughts I'd appreciate them.
> 
> Thank You,
> 
> Cody Baker
> cody at spintime.org
> 330.934.0659
> 

	Hmm.  Well, if the 770e series iis just an "older version"
	of the 600E, then it looks like thw Linksys PCMPC100 is 
	the way to fly.  --100Mb performance isn't that important.
	I just finally upgraded my nework from 10 -> 10/100 after
	years of working at 10.  So long as I'll be able to so 
	-ports cvsups or stable- cvsups, and share data, speed 
	isn't  a factor.  I'll have time for a brew:-)

	Would you kindly keep me posted re your progress with your
	experiments?  And how did you manage to get 5.2 installed
	of your Thinkpad?  CDROM?  My 5.2.1 CDROM's are months old
	but the install disk traps... (?)

	gary


> 
> Gary Kline wrote:
> 
> >On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 10:01:26AM +0400, Victor Bratsev wrote:
> > 
> >
> >>You should look at HARDWARE.txt for devices that work with freebsd or ask
> >>about specific device, maybe somebody is using it.
> >>
> >>I've got TP600E with Xircom RE-100 (with some unresolved issues) under 
> >>4.7-R
> >>and 4.10-R
> >>
> >>   
> >>
> >
> >	(Can you describe what your "unresolved issues" are?)... .
> >
> >	Good points.  It seems to me that  any NIC card that works on
> >	a laptop should work on a Thinkppad.  I'm looking at the
> >	3Com type cards and anything that uses the DEC/Intel 21143
> >	chipset/logic.  The Linksys cards have workrd flawlessly 
> >	on four of my tower systems.   
> >
> >	According to the 4.8R HARDWARE.txt list there is:
> >
> >    * Linksys EC2T/PCMPC100/PCM100, PCMLM56, EtherFast 10/100 PC Card,
> >      Combo PCMCIA Ethernet Card (PCMPC100 V2)
> >
> >	If anyone on -mobile has one of these on 4.8 or later
> >	I'll try one of these.  
> >
> >	Anybody??
> >
> >	thanks much,
> >
> >	gary
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 
> >
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Gary Kline" <kline at tao.thought.org>
> >>To: "FreeBSD Mobile Mailing List" <freebsd-mobile at FreeBSD.ORG>
> >>Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 9:16 AM
> >>Subject: Thinkpad 600E and 5.2
> >>
> >>
> >>   
> >>
> >>>Folks,
> >>>
> >>>Many months ago I tried a floppy install of 5.3 on my
> >>>HP Kayak.  It poisoned.  A few hours ago today I downloaded
> >>>the latest 5.2 floppy set nd booted my ThinkPad 600E.
> >>>The boot *did* see my Xircom Ethernet II adaptor, but the
> >>>kernel poisoned and rebooted after 15 seconds.
> >>>
> >>>Eventually I will be able to use the Xircom.  But for now
> >>>it's time to go back to old, STABLE 4.8.  Soooo, nutshell,
> >>>what cards will work with my ISDL CAT5 cable in 4.8?  I'd like
> >>>the name and model and any other id regarding the card so
> >>>that I get it right next time.
> >>>
> >>>Thanks in advance, guys,
> >>>
> >>>gary
> >>>
> >>>--
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