device pcic and card

[M. Warner Losh]

In message: <E1DBRvf-000M6z-00 at hetzner.co.za>
            Ian FREISLICH <if at hetzner.co.za> writes:
: "M. Warner Losh" wrote:
: > In message: <4230E44A.2010007 at savvis.net>
: >             Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin at savvis.net> writes:
: > : beetle# grep -i pcic /usr/src/UPDATING
: > : beetle# grep -i card /usr/src/UPDATING
: > : beetle# grep -i oldcard /usr/src/UPDATING
: > 
: > OLDCARD is what you want to grep for.
: > 
: > : > In message: <41DC2EAD.8070403 at savvis.net>
: > : >             Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin at savvis.net> writes:
: > : > : i heard Warner said something about removing pcic and card (aka oldcard
: ) 
: > : > : support from -current. has it happened? after cvsup'ing (yesterday) i n
: o 
: > : > : longer can configure kernel with pcic and card.
: > : > : 
: > : > : i can not use newcard on my tecra 8100 :( when i insert serial pc-card 
: > : > : my laptop hangs :( i can insert ethernet card (3com) but i can not 
: > : > : remove it :( same story - laptop hangs hard.
: > : > 
: > : > Hangs hard?  That's unfortunate.  I'd love to help figure things out,
: > : > but my tecra 8100 is working great...
: > : 
: > : so, was oldcard support removed from -current? i have xircom credit card 
: > : bluetooth adapter that has standard uart (16550) and used to work with 
: > : oldcard (sio(4)). with newcard this adapter just hangs the system hard 
: > : as soon as i plug it in. also /var/log/messages says sio(4) can not 
: > : recognize uart type.
: > 
: > Yes.  OLDCARD has been removed from current.  you should migrate to
: > device cbb and pccard instead.  This sounds like a resource issue with
: 
: I cannot migrate to cbb and pccard: my Vadem 468 is not supported.
: I know the hardware is old.  Are there any plans to support this
: or should I just give up and run 4.x on this laptop (it will be
: quite inconvenient to downgrade)?

You can run 5.x on this machine.

However, it is my belief that it is supported with the new cbb_isa
attachment.


Warner