Subject: Re: PCI <-> PCMCIA bridge
To: Chris Jones <chris@cjones.org>
From: Neil Ludban <nludban@columbus.rr.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 07/12/2002 19:21:48
Chris Jones wrote:
>
> I just bought a "desktop wireless adapter," which appears to be a
> PCI-PCMCIA (or PCI-cardbus) bridge. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to
> work. The kernel identifies wi0, but can't get its MAC address, so it
> doesn't attach it. I *don't* see any pcic0 identified, though.
>
> The device in question is a Belkin card with what appears to be a PCI
> chip on it, and not much else. I can type in numbers, if anybody thinks
> that would be useful.
>
> Any thoughts on why this doesn't work? I saw nothing in the manual
> about YENTA compatibility, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything.
>
> Chris
>
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It should show up as 'cbb', IIRC. See my post from a couple weeks ago
for sample dmesg:
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-i386/2002/06/28/0005.html
I was able to track down a probable source of the problem (according to
other bug reports and the local cardbus guru), but got diverted to other
projects before I could figure out a fix :(
Verbose kernel messages enabled on both 1.5 and 1.6 kernels showed that
the devices were being memory mapped to different addresses, which I
was told may cause problems on some motherboards. Try booting the
other kernel and see if the problem goes away.
(The messages are at work - if anybody thinks they can use them to patch
the code, _please_ let me know and I'll forward them ASAP...)
-Neil