Compaq Evo N800c and FreeBSD

[Gunnar Flygt]

On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 09:00:22AM -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> > Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 17:47:51 +0100
> > From: Wilko Bulte <wkb at freebie.xs4all.nl>
> > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile at FreeBSD.ORG
> > 
> > On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 05:45:01PM +0100, Gunnar Flygt wrote:
> > > On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 01:34:38PM +0100, Gunnar Flygt wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 02:27:24PM +0300, Sergey A. Osokin wrote:
> > > > > On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 09:59:34AM +0100, Gunnar Flygt wrote:
> > > > > > Sad to say that this machine works but not much more with
> > > > > > 5.0-CURRENT. The whole pccard thing is not working at all.
> > > > > > 
> > 
> > > > > What do you use for -CURRENT: OLDCARD or NEWCARD?
> > > > 
> > > > Right out of the box NEWCARD I guess. Haven't given it a thought
> > > > > 
> > > > > -- 
> > > 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$
> > 
> > My guess: ACPI only laptop?
> 
> hw.cbb.start_memory="0x20000000" fixed this for me on my ThinkPad.

I'll try that
> 
> R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
> Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
> Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
> E-mail: oberman at es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634

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