From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Brian L. Stuart" To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:41:32 +0000 Message-Id: <091820081441.11092.48D2689C000B704300002B5422218683269B0A02D2089B9A019C04040A0DBF9B9D0E9A9B9C040D@att.net> In-Reply-To: References: <091720081429.13856.48D1144F000B284D0000362022218801869B0A02D2089B9A019C04040A0DBF9B9D0E9A9B9C040D@att.net> Subject: Re: [9fans] PCMCIA Ethernet Topicbox-Message-UUID: 11fc7978-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > I was using a 3c589 until a few years ago, then I moved to > a Netgear FA411 which is somwhat more mechanically robust - > I broke the plug on the 3com card :-( It sounds like for a number of people it's working just fine, and no one's put forward any real magic to make it work, except for using the other slot on some machines. So that brings up the question, why is it working on some machines, and some slots, and not others. To me that seems to point to the PCMCIA code, but then aux/pcmcia picks it up. I expect I'll try to move forward by adding some debug output to try and trace what's happening and what's not. But if anyone has any great PCMCIA wisdom, feel free to speak up :-) Along those lines, if a CardBus controller is not recognized by devpccard, should I expect dev82365 to handle it correctly? And I too have had trouble with the connectors on the 3com cards. This one will end up in a rack, so I figure it's a good place for a pigtail that can't take too much stress. Thanks, BLS