Subject: Re: Network Adapter Queries
To: Lets Go Canes! <LetsGoCanes@webmail.bellsouth.net>
From: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU>
List: port-i386
Date: 07/01/2000 19:39:56
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In message <200007020155.VAA12019@websmtp1.bellsouth.bigfoot.com>"Lets Go Canes
!" writes
>Hi all.
>
>I was able to determine that the "missing" network adapter for my laptop is a 
>USB-based Ethernet adapter.  dmesg reports that it can't map the I/O space for
> the USB adapter (see below), and I assume this is why the adapter isn't seen.
>  Any ideas?

On a PCG-350 and PCG-370, i had to enable the PCI-bios code and set up
PCI-bios fixups to get the usb controller to attach properly.  otherwise
I got the same

>uhci0 at pci0 dev 7 function 2: Intel 82371AB USB Host Controller (PIIX4) (rev

message. On an old (1.4x?) system, I have:
	options PCIBIOS
	options PCIBIOS_INTR_FIXUP
	options PCIBIOS_BUS_FIXUP
	options PCIBIOS_ADDR_FIXUP

I forget exactly which FIXUP option was required to get the usb
controller working.  (I needed some others to correct interrupt
routing for either cardbus ethernet, the sound chip, or both.


PS: I read somewhere that the Vaio 3max+ docking station/port
replicator only has a 10MbaseT Ethernet (ie not fast ethernet).
Thats the main reason I dind't get one.  Weird, considering they Sony
was smart enough put 100Mbits into the superslim line.