FreeBSD-9.1 would not boot on pentium3 laptop

[Marcelo Gondim]

Em 06/02/13 04:24, Mikhail T. escreveu:
> On 05.02.2013 23:38, Mikhail T. wrote:
>> What happened between 6.x and 7.x?
> Ok, what happened is that "device cpufreq" is now in GENERIC and the 
> ichss0 along with it.
>
> Setting
>
>    set hint.ichss.0.disabled=1
>
> on the loader prompt allows me to boot -- both my own kernel as well 
> as the 9.1-RELEASE from CD. Solved... Annoying beyond belief, but solved.
>
> Now, if only I could figure out, why my network card (3COM's 3C556 
> Mini PCI) is not seen by the 9.1...
>
> It was working perfectly fine with 6.3 -- and still works with the 
> FreeSBIE-2.0.1
Hi,

3c556 is supported by xl driver but xl driver need "device miibus" in 
kernel.

http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.1R/hardware.html

The xl(4) 
<http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=xl&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+9.1-RELEASE> 
driver supports the following hardware:

  *
    3Com 3c900-TPO

  *
    3Com 3c900-COMBO

  *
    3Com 3c905-TX

  *
    3Com 3c905-T4

  *
    3Com 3c900B-TPO

  *
    3Com 3c900B-TPC

  *
    3Com 3c900B-FL

  *
    3Com 3c900B-COMBO

  *
    3Com 3c905B-T4

  *
    3Com 3c905B-TX

  *
    3Com 3c905B-FX

  *
    3Com 3c905B-COMBO

  *
    3Com 3c905C-TX

  *
    3Com 3c980, 3c980B, and 3c980C server adapters

  *
    3Com 3cSOHO100-TX OfficeConnect adapters

  *
    3Com 3c450 HomeConnect adapters

  *
    3Com 3c555, 3c556 and 3c556B mini-PCI adapters

  *
    3Com 3C3SH573BT, 3C575TX, 3CCFE575BT, 3CXFE575BT, 3CCFE575CT,
    3CXFE575CT, 3CCFEM656, 3CCFEM656B, and 3CCFEM656C, 3CXFEM656,
    3CXFEM656B, and 3CXFEM656C CardBus adapters

  *
    3Com 3c905-TX, 3c905B-TX 3c905C-TX, 3c920B-EMB, and 3c920B-EMB-WNM
    embedded adapters

best regards,
Gondim