FreeBSD 6.0 and Sony Ericsson GC83

[Jeff Cross]

I have recently started using FreeBSD (5.4 briefly then on to 6.0) and 
love it!  For some reason I enjoy messing around with FreeBSD a lot more 
than I did Linux.  My FreeBSD install is currently on a Gateway 7326GZ 
(Intel) Laptop. 

So far, everything is working as it should except I get no volume when 
playing audio files and I really don't know where to start with my 
recently acquired Sony Ericsson GC83 cellular wireless card.  Because I 
can do without audio, for now, I would like to see if anyone can assist 
me in getting my GC83 card working.

It seems that the system recognizes the card and sets it up as 
/dev/pccard0.cis.

[** dmesg output **]
sio4: <Sony Ericsson GC83 PC Card> at port 0x3e8-0x3ef irq 17 function 0 
config 32 on pccard0
sio4: type 16550A
sio4: unable to activate interrupt in fast mode - using normal mode

I don't know how to get rid of the "using normal mode" above.  I have 
done plenty of browsing and can't seem to find anyone with a similar 
issue to mine.

I have also found a tutorial for using this exact card on Linux located 
here:

http://advantedgecomputing.com/opensource/gc83linux.html

I followed the tutorial, modified the /etc/ppp/peers/cingular file to 
use the device /dev/pccard0.cis and had to comment out the user, 
password, and usepeerdns lines because pppd complained that those were 
not valid options.  I also corrected the path to the chat program 
(/usr/bin/chat instead of /usr/sbin/chat).  The program fires off and 
immediately returns the following errors in /var/log/messages:

[** /var/log/messages **]
Jan 13 16:55:34 xtop pppd[849]: pppd 2.3.5 started by cross, uid 0
Jan 13 16:55:34 xtop pppd[849]: Couldn't reset non-blocking mode on 
device: Inappropriate ioctl for device
Jan 13 16:55:34 xtop pppd[849]: tcgetattr: Inappropriate ioctl for device

I know this will be a somewhat difficult issue for someone to 
troubleshoot since this pccard is not that common.  However, if I am 
messing up somewhere with the ppp peers configuration or chat commands, 
someone out there may be able to assist me.

I do not know if this is a hardware, software, or configuration issue.  
Any assistance is greatly appreciated.  I am attaching my dmesg output 
since that seems to be a pretty common request to trouble shoot any 
issue.  If any other information is necessary to assist you in assisting 
me, please let me know and I will get it to you as soon as possible.

Thanks in advance.

Jeff Cross
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Copyright (c) 1992-2005 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
	The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD 6.0-SECURITY #0: Mon Dec 19 23:46:33 UTC 2005
    root at builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.06GHz (3056.50-MHz 686-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0xf41  Stepping = 1
  Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
  Features2=0x459d<SSE3,RSVD2,MON,DS_CPL,EST,TM2,CNTX-ID,<b14>>
  Hyperthreading: 2 logical CPUs
real memory  = 771555328 (735 MB)
avail memory = 745721856 (711 MB)
ACPI APIC Table: <A M I  OEMAPIC >
ioapic0 <Version 2.0> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
wlan: mac acl policy registered
ath_hal: 0.9.14.9 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413)
npx0: [FAST]
npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
acpi0: <A M I OEMRSDT> on motherboard
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
acpi_ec0: <Embedded Controller: GPE 0x1c> port 0x62,0x66 on acpi0
pci_link0: <ACPI PCI Link LNKA> irq 11 on acpi0
pci_link1: <ACPI PCI Link LNKB> irq 3 on acpi0
pci_link2: <ACPI PCI Link LNKC> irq 9 on acpi0
pci_link3: <ACPI PCI Link LNKD> irq 5 on acpi0
pci_link4: <ACPI PCI Link LNKE> irq 0 on acpi0
pci_link5: <ACPI PCI Link LNKF> irq 0 on acpi0
pci_link6: <ACPI PCI Link LNKG> irq 0 on acpi0
pci_link7: <ACPI PCI Link LNKH> irq 10 on acpi0
Timecounter "ACPI-safe" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x408-0x40b on acpi0
cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
pci0: <base peripheral> at device 0.1 (no driver attached)
pci0: <base peripheral> at device 0.3 (no driver attached)
agp0: <Intel 8285xM (85xGM GMCH) SVGA controller> port 0xeff0-0xeff7 mem 0xd8000000-0xdfffffff,0xe0380000-0xe03fffff irq 16 at device 2.0 on pci0
agp0: detected 32636k stolen memory
agp0: aperture size is 128M
pci0: <display> at device 2.1 (no driver attached)
uhci0: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-A> port 0xef20-0xef3f irq 16 at device 29.0 on pci0
uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb0: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-A> on uhci0
usb0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci1: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-B> port 0xef40-0xef5f irq 19 at device 29.1 on pci0
uhci1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb1: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-B> on uhci1
usb1: USB revision 1.0
uhub1: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci2: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-C> port 0xef80-0xef9f irq 18 at device 29.2 on pci0
uhci2: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb2: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-C> on uhci2
usb2: USB revision 1.0
uhub2: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
ehci0: <Intel 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4) USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xe02ffc00-0xe02fffff irq 23 at device 29.7 on pci0
ehci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb3: EHCI version 1.0
usb3: companion controllers, 2 ports each: usb0 usb1 usb2
usb3: <Intel 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4) USB 2.0 controller> on ehci0
usb3: USB revision 2.0
uhub3: Intel EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub3: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0
pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
fwohci0: <Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A> mem 0xe00ff800-0xe00fffff,0xe00f8000-0xe00fbfff irq 16 at device 4.0 on pci1
fwohci0: OHCI version 1.10 (ROM=1)
fwohci0: No. of Isochronous channels is 4.
fwohci0: EUI64 00:03:25:21:37:01:51:c7
fwohci0: Phy 1394a available S400, 2 ports.
fwohci0: Link S400, max_rec 2048 bytes.
firewire0: <IEEE1394(FireWire) bus> on fwohci0
fwe0: <Ethernet over FireWire> on firewire0
if_fwe0: Fake Ethernet address: 02:03:25:01:51:c7
fwe0: Ethernet address: 02:03:25:01:51:c7
fwe0: if_start running deferred for Giant
sbp0: <SBP-2/SCSI over FireWire> on firewire0
fwohci0: Initiate bus reset
fwohci0: node_id=0xc000ffc0, gen=1, CYCLEMASTER mode
firewire0: 1 nodes, maxhop <= 0, cable IRM = 0 (me)
firewire0: bus manager 0 (me)
cbb0: <TI1510 PCI-CardBus Bridge> at device 5.0 on pci1
cardbus0: <CardBus bus> on cbb0
pccard0: <16-bit PCCard bus> on cbb0
bfe0: <Broadcom BCM4401 Fast Ethernet> mem 0xe00fc000-0xe00fdfff irq 19 at device 6.0 on pci1
miibus0: <MII bus> on bfe0
bmtphy0: <BCM4401 10/100baseTX PHY> on miibus0
bmtphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
bfe0: Ethernet address: 00:03:25:21:d2:9e
ndis0: <Broadcom 802.11g Network Adapter> mem 0xe00f6000-0xe00f7fff irq 18 at device 9.0 on pci1
ndis0: NDIS API version: 5.1
ndis0: Ethernet address: 00:90:4b:cc:1c:90
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
atapci0: <Intel ICH4 UDMA100 controller> port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xffa0-0xffaf at device 31.1 on pci0
ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0
ata1: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0
pcm0: <Intel ICH4 (82801DB)> port 0xe400-0xe4ff,0xee80-0xeebf mem 0xe02ff800-0xe02ff9ff,0xe02ff400-0xe02ff4ff irq 17 at device 31.5 on pci0
pcm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
pcm0: <Unknown AC97 Codec (id = 0x43585430)>
pci0: <simple comms, generic modem> at device 31.6 (no driver attached)
acpi_acad0: <AC Adapter> on acpi0
battery0: <ACPI Control Method Battery> on acpi0
acpi_lid0: <Control Method Lid Switch> on acpi0
acpi_button0: <Sleep Button> on acpi0
acpi_button1: <Power Button> on acpi0
acpi_tz0: <Thermal Zone> on acpi0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
psm0: model IntelliMouse, device ID 3
pmtimer0 on isa0
ppc0: parallel port not found.
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
sio0: port may not be enabled
sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
sio0: type 8250 or not responding
sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
sio1: port may not be enabled
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
Timecounter "TSC" frequency 3056497485 Hz quality 800
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
sio4: <Sony Ericsson GC83 PC Card> at port 0x3e8-0x3ef irq 17 function 0 config 32 on pccard0
sio4: type 16550A
sio4: unable to activate interrupt in fast mode - using normal mode
ad0: 76319MB <FUJITSU MHT2080AT 0022> at ata0-master UDMA100
acd0: FAILURE - MODE_SENSE_BIG timed out
acd0: DVDR <HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GWA-4080N/0G03> at ata1-master UDMA33
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s4a
All threads purged from cuad4
All threads purged from ttyd4
sio4: detached
sio4: <Sony Ericsson GC83 PC Card> at port 0x3e8-0x3ef irq 17 function 0 config 32 on pccard0
sio4: type 16550A
sio4: unable to activate interrupt in fast mode - using normal mode
bfe0: link state changed to UP
All threads purged from cuad4
All threads purged from ttyd4
sio4: detached
sio4: <Sony Ericsson GC83 PC Card> at port 0x3e8-0x3ef irq 17 function 0 config 32 on pccard0
sio4: type 16550A
sio4: unable to activate interrupt in fast mode - using normal mode
Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `vnlru' to stop...done
Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `bufdaemon' to stop...done
Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `syncer' to stop...
Syncing disks, vnodes remaining...2 1 1 1 0 0 done
All buffers synced.
Copyright (c) 1992-2005 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
	The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD 6.0-SECURITY #0: Mon Dec 19 23:46:33 UTC 2005
    root at builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.06GHz (3056.50-MHz 686-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0xf41  Stepping = 1
  Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
  Features2=0x459d<SSE3,RSVD2,MON,DS_CPL,EST,TM2,CNTX-ID,<b14>>
  Hyperthreading: 2 logical CPUs
real memory  = 771555328 (735 MB)
avail memory = 745721856 (711 MB)
ACPI APIC Table: <A M I  OEMAPIC >
ioapic0 <Version 2.0> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
wlan: mac acl policy registered
ath_hal: 0.9.14.9 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413)
npx0: [FAST]
npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
acpi0: <A M I OEMRSDT> on motherboard
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
acpi_ec0: <Embedded Controller: GPE 0x1c> port 0x62,0x66 on acpi0
pci_link0: <ACPI PCI Link LNKA> irq 11 on acpi0
pci_link1: <ACPI PCI Link LNKB> irq 3 on acpi0
pci_link2: <ACPI PCI Link LNKC> irq 9 on acpi0
pci_link3: <ACPI PCI Link LNKD> irq 5 on acpi0
pci_link4: <ACPI PCI Link LNKE> irq 0 on acpi0
pci_link5: <ACPI PCI Link LNKF> irq 0 on acpi0
pci_link6: <ACPI PCI Link LNKG> irq 0 on acpi0
pci_link7: <ACPI PCI Link LNKH> irq 10 on acpi0
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x408-0x40b on acpi0
cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
pci0: <base peripheral> at device 0.1 (no driver attached)
pci0: <base peripheral> at device 0.3 (no driver attached)
agp0: <Intel 8285xM (85xGM GMCH) SVGA controller> port 0xeff0-0xeff7 mem 0xd8000000-0xdfffffff,0xe0380000-0xe03fffff irq 16 at device 2.0 on pci0
agp0: detected 32636k stolen memory
agp0: aperture size is 128M
pci0: <display> at device 2.1 (no driver attached)
uhci0: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-A> port 0xef20-0xef3f irq 16 at device 29.0 on pci0
uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb0: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-A> on uhci0
usb0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci1: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-B> port 0xef40-0xef5f irq 19 at device 29.1 on pci0
uhci1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb1: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-B> on uhci1
usb1: USB revision 1.0
uhub1: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci2: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-C> port 0xef80-0xef9f irq 18 at device 29.2 on pci0
uhci2: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb2: <Intel 82801DB (ICH4) USB controller USB-C> on uhci2
usb2: USB revision 1.0
uhub2: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
ehci0: <Intel 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4) USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xe02ffc00-0xe02fffff irq 23 at device 29.7 on pci0
ehci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb3: EHCI version 1.0
usb3: companion controllers, 2 ports each: usb0 usb1 usb2
usb3: <Intel 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4) USB 2.0 controller> on ehci0
usb3: USB revision 2.0
uhub3: Intel EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub3: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0
pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
fwohci0: <Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A> mem 0xe00ff800-0xe00fffff,0xe00f8000-0xe00fbfff irq 16 at device 4.0 on pci1
fwohci0: OHCI version 1.10 (ROM=1)
fwohci0: No. of Isochronous channels is 4.
fwohci0: EUI64 00:03:25:21:37:01:51:c7
fwohci0: Phy 1394a available S400, 2 ports.
fwohci0: Link S400, max_rec 2048 bytes.
firewire0: <IEEE1394(FireWire) bus> on fwohci0
fwe0: <Ethernet over FireWire> on firewire0
if_fwe0: Fake Ethernet address: 02:03:25:01:51:c7
fwe0: Ethernet address: 02:03:25:01:51:c7
fwe0: if_start running deferred for Giant
sbp0: <SBP-2/SCSI over FireWire> on firewire0
fwohci0: Initiate bus reset
fwohci0: node_id=0xc000ffc0, gen=1, CYCLEMASTER mode
firewire0: 1 nodes, maxhop <= 0, cable IRM = 0 (me)
firewire0: bus manager 0 (me)
cbb0: <TI1510 PCI-CardBus Bridge> at device 5.0 on pci1
cardbus0: <CardBus bus> on cbb0
pccard0: <16-bit PCCard bus> on cbb0
bfe0: <Broadcom BCM4401 Fast Ethernet> mem 0xe00fc000-0xe00fdfff irq 19 at device 6.0 on pci1
miibus0: <MII bus> on bfe0
bmtphy0: <BCM4401 10/100baseTX PHY> on miibus0
bmtphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
bfe0: Ethernet address: 00:03:25:21:d2:9e
ndis0: <Broadcom 802.11g Network Adapter> mem 0xe00f6000-0xe00f7fff irq 18 at device 9.0 on pci1
ndis0: NDIS API version: 5.1
ndis0: Ethernet address: 00:90:4b:cc:1c:90
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
atapci0: <Intel ICH4 UDMA100 controller> port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xffa0-0xffaf at device 31.1 on pci0
ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0
ata1: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0
pcm0: <Intel ICH4 (82801DB)> port 0xe400-0xe4ff,0xee80-0xeebf mem 0xe02ff800-0xe02ff9ff,0xe02ff400-0xe02ff4ff irq 17 at device 31.5 on pci0
pcm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
pcm0: <Unknown AC97 Codec (id = 0x43585430)>
pci0: <simple comms, generic modem> at device 31.6 (no driver attached)
acpi_acad0: <AC Adapter> on acpi0
battery0: <ACPI Control Method Battery> on acpi0
acpi_lid0: <Control Method Lid Switch> on acpi0
acpi_button0: <Sleep Button> on acpi0
acpi_button1: <Power Button> on acpi0
acpi_tz0: <Thermal Zone> on acpi0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
psm0: model IntelliMouse, device ID 3
pmtimer0 on isa0
ppc0: parallel port not found.
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
sio0: port may not be enabled
sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
sio0: type 8250 or not responding
sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
sio1: port may not be enabled
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
Timecounter "TSC" frequency 3056502131 Hz quality 800
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
sio4: <Sony Ericsson GC83 PC Card> at port 0x3e8-0x3ef irq 17 function 0 config 32 on pccard0
sio4: type 16550A
sio4: unable to activate interrupt in fast mode - using normal mode
ad0: 76319MB <FUJITSU MHT2080AT 0022> at ata0-master UDMA100
acd0: FAILURE - MODE_SENSE_BIG timed out
acd0: DVDR <HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GWA-4080N/0G03> at ata1-master UDMA33
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s4a
bfe0: link state changed to DOWN
bfe0: link state changed to UP