Xircom XE2000 card problem
Wood, Russell
Russell.Wood at rac.com.au
Mon Nov 20 16:27:40 PST 2006
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: Xircom XE2000 card problem
>From: "Wood, Russell" <Russell.Wood at rac.com.au>
>Date: Sun, November 19, 2006 6:13 pm
>To: <jvk-list at thekrafts.org>, <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-
>> questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of jvk-list at thekrafts.org
>> Sent: Monday, 20 November 2006 12:08 AM
>> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>> Subject: Xircom XE2000 card problem
>>
>>
>> Asked this question a couple of days ago in freebsd-mobile, but
>> haven't heard anything. I'm reposting here to, hopefully, a wider
>> audience...
>>
>> I have an Inspiron 7000 laptop I've set up as a FreeBSD server
running
>> Version 6.1. I have a Xircom XE2000 ethernet card I'd like to use.
>> It appears to be recognized by FreeBSD, but doesn't startup
.
>> correctly. In searching I've seen references to it working with
>> FreeBSD, but indicate it should use the xe driver.
>>
>> Here's what the dmesg says:
>> ed1: <Xircom 10/100 Network PC Card> at port 0x100-0x10f iomem
>> 0x88000000-0x88000fff irq 1
>> 1 function 0 config 1 on pccard0
>> device_attach: ed1 attach returned 6
>>
>> Looking at the hardware list it should be supported by the dc or xe
>> drivers, but not the ed driver. Am I missing something easy, or is
>> this card not reallyl supported at all?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Joe.
>
>If you have a closer look, it is using the ed (4):
>
>ed1: <Xircom 10/100 Network PC Card> at port 0x100-0x10f iomem
>
>Make sure you have the following devices compiled in your kernel:
>
>device miibus
>device ed
>
>... also, you might need:
>
>device pccard
>device cardbus
>
>Regards,
>Russell Wood
>I did see that it was using the ed(4) driver. I'm using the GENERIC kernel which contains pccard, cardbus, >miibus, and ed drivers. I was wondering if that was the correct driver or if it was being detected >incorrectly.
>I don't see anything in the ed(4) man page about supporting any Xircom products. Most of the Xircom cards >seem to be supported by the xe driver, and this bug report http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd->bugs/2005-August/014396.html seems to support that theory. Also, searching through the ed(4) code doesn't >generate eny references to any Xircom products.
>It just seems to me that it should be using the xe(4) driver not the ed(4) driver.
>Is there a way to try and force it to the xe driver to see if it will work?
>Thanks for your time,
>Joe.
Try:
kldunload if_ed
kldload if_xe
... and see if it detects to card.
Regards,
Russell Wood
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