Subject: Re: Problems installing 1.5.2 on a Compaq 12LX125
To: None <kpneal@pobox.com>
From: John Clark <j1clark@ucsd.edu>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 01/11/2002 07:15:40
Am Freitag den, 11. Januar 2002, um 06:07, schrieb kpneal@pobox.com:

> On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 05:40:21PM -0800, John Clark wrote:
>> I have installed NetBSD 1.5.2 on a Compaq 12LX125 Laptop. The driver
>> for the ether net pcmcia card I have seems to recognize the card, but
>> then issues a 'where did the card go' failure message. I've rebuilt the
>> kernel from the CD sources, with the same effect.
>>
>> The card inquestion is a Linksys PCMCIA card with does both 10 and
>> 100 base T.
>
> I have that exact same problem with my laptop.
(problem in dock'ed pcmcia card...)

Well, further occluding, and a not so satisfactory fix...

I took the card out and the silkscreen indicated that the card's real 
name
is 'EtherFast 10/100 PC Card" (model number PCMPC100.

I had an older 10 base T card which has on it's silkscreen, 'Ethernet 
Combo Card',
(combo here means has a coax spigot and a RJ45 connector).

That one actually works. So my current thought is that while the driver 
recognises
the existence of the card, from the pcmcia probe, there is some 
difference in
registers or values in registers which later cause the attach to fail. 
I'll look into
that later.

Thanks
John Clark