Re: [9fans] PCMCIA 3COM 3CCFE574BT/3CXFE575CT 10/100

Re: [9fans] PCMCIA 3COM 3CCFE574BT/3CXFE575CT 10/100

[jmk]

I got fed up waiting for Uriel to release his 9load replacement
so I had to go back in and hack 9load for this. It was mostly just
drift in the CardBus and 3Com drivers. I've tested this on a T23 with
a 3Com/Megahertz 3CCFE575BT so your mileage may vary. I think it
will fix the T21 with internal 3Com MiniPCI problem too.

New 9load code should be on sources.

--jim

On 4/3/06, Jim McKie <jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com> wrote:
>
> I've noticed problems with almost all 3Com cards and adapters
> recently. I will try to take a look at it when I retiurn from a trip.
>
> --jacques

Re: [9fans] PCMCIA 3COM 3CCFE574BT/3CXFE575CT 10/100

[Adrian Tritschler]

jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com wrote:
> I got fed up waiting for Uriel to release his 9load replacement
> so I had to go back in and hack 9load for this. It was mostly just
> drift in the CardBus and 3Com drivers. I've tested this on a T23 with
> a 3Com/Megahertz 3CCFE575BT so your mileage may vary. I think it
> will fix the T21 with internal 3Com MiniPCI problem too.
> 
> New 9load code should be on sources.

Has this made it into the CD image?  I downloaded the CD yesterday and
installed on a PIII that I'm resurrecting at home, I can boot and
install from the CD (installed to a single 2G partition on a 6G disk,
fossil only), but when it comes to booting from the plan9 partition it
hangs after displaying:
ether#0: elnk3: port: 0x300 irq: 5 ...
#l0: status 0xFFFF, diag 0xFFFF

It will boot from the plan9 partition if the 3com card is removed.

> --jim
> 
> On 4/3/06, Jim McKie <jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com> wrote:
> 
>>I've noticed problems with almost all 3Com cards and adapters
>>recently. I will try to take a look at it when I retiurn from a trip.
>>
>>--jacques
	Adrian

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Adrian Tritschler                          mailto:ajft@ajft.org
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Re: [9fans] PCMCIA 3COM 3CCFE574BT/3CXFE575CT 10/100

[Russ Cox]

Apparently not.  My apologies.  It got into the floppy and CD boot
image but not the CD file system.  I just put the new 9load on sources
and it will be on the CD image tomorrow.  You should be able to
boot today's CD, draw a window, and run

	9fs sources
	9fat:
	cp /n/sources/plan9/386/9load /n/9fat/9load
	unmount /n/9fat

and then reboot.

Russ

Re: [9fans] PCMCIA 3COM 3CCFE574BT/3CXFE575CT 10/100

[Adrian Tritschler]

Russ Cox wrote:
> Apparently not.  My apologies.  It got into the floppy and CD boot
> image but not the CD file system.  I just put the new 9load on sources
> and it will be on the CD image tomorrow.  You should be able to
> boot today's CD, draw a window, and run
>
> 	9fs sources
> 	9fat:
> 	cp /n/sources/plan9/386/9load /n/9fat/9load
> 	unmount /n/9fat
>
> and then reboot.

Unfortunately the newer 9load doesn't make any difference on this box.
The exact same hang, just after printing "#l0: status 0xFFFF, diag 0xFFFF"

> Russ
	Adrian

Re: [9fans] PCMCIA 3COM 3CCFE574BT/3CXFE575CT 10/100

[jmk]

i have some other pcmcia/cardbus changes in the pipeline
that might make a difference, but not quite finished. what
type of system and pcmcia/cardbus controller was it again?

--jim

Re: [9fans] PCMCIA 3COM 3CCFE574BT/3CXFE575CT 10/100

[Russ Cox]

> Unfortunately the newer 9load doesn't make any difference on this box.
> The exact same hang, just after printing "#l0: status 0xFFFF, diag 0xFFFF"

Try copying /386/9loadlite instead of /386/9load.
That omits all the ethernet drivers from 9load.
You don't need them anyway since you're booting
from a local disk.

Russ

Re: [9fans] PCMCIA 3COM 3CCFE574BT/3CXFE575CT 10/100

[Adrian Tritschler]

Russ Cox wrote:
>>Unfortunately the newer 9load doesn't make any difference on this box.
>>The exact same hang, just after printing "#l0: status 0xFFFF, diag 0xFFFF"
> 
> 
> Try copying /386/9loadlite instead of /386/9load.
> That omits all the ethernet drivers from 9load.
> You don't need them anyway since you're booting
> from a local disk.

9loadlite runs and doesn't hang, but only offers to boot from fd0.
Disk sdC0 is nowhere to be seen.

> Russ
	Adrian

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Adrian Tritschler                          mailto:ajft@ajft.org
Latitude 38°S, Longitude 145°E, Altitude 50m,      Shoe size 44
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Re: [9fans] PCMCIA 3COM 3CCFE574BT/3CXFE575CT 10/100

[Adrian Tritschler]

jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com wrote:
> i have some other pcmcia/cardbus changes in the pipeline
> that might make a difference, but not quite finished. what
> type of system and pcmcia/cardbus controller was it again?

Sorry if I've caused confusion, it is a PCI bus elnk3, not a PCMCIA
card.  I'd responded to this thread since the problem appeared to be
with 9load and all 3com cards, not just the pcmcia variants.

9load identifies as: ether#0: elnk3: port: 0x300 irq: 5 ...

Machine is a PIII, 512M RAM, Award v4.51PG BIOS, Velocity 4400 video card.

> --jim

	Adrian

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Adrian Tritschler                          mailto:ajft@ajft.org
Latitude 38°S, Longitude 145°E, Altitude 50m,      Shoe size 44
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Re: [9fans] PCMCIA 3COM 3CCFE574BT/3CXFE575CT 10/100

[jmk]

After this thread started I dug out a PCI 3Com card first to check
that worked OK before I started to look at the PCcard issues, and it did.
Of course, I may have used a different model to yours so if you can
get a PCI device listing (*pcihinv=1 in plan9.ini if you can't boot the
system enough to run /bin/pci). It's odd that a PCI card would have an
address at 0x300, that smacks of the card not being identified correctly
somehow.

--jim

On Mon May  1 05:47:54 EDT 2006, ajft@ajft.org wrote:
> jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com wrote:
> > i have some other pcmcia/cardbus changes in the pipeline
> > that might make a difference, but not quite finished. what
> > type of system and pcmcia/cardbus controller was it again?
> 
> Sorry if I've caused confusion, it is a PCI bus elnk3, not a PCMCIA
> card.  I'd responded to this thread since the problem appeared to be
> with 9load and all 3com cards, not just the pcmcia variants.
> 
> 9load identifies as: ether#0: elnk3: port: 0x300 irq: 5 ...
> 
> Machine is a PIII, 512M RAM, Award v4.51PG BIOS, Velocity 4400 video card.
> 
> > --jim
> 
> 	Adrian
> 
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> Adrian Tritschler                          mailto:ajft@ajft.org
> Latitude 38°S, Longitude 145°E, Altitude 50m,      Shoe size 44
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Re: [9fans] PCMCIA 3COM 3CCFE574BT/3CXFE575CT 10/100

[Adrian Tritschler]

jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com wrote:
> After this thread started I dug out a PCI 3Com card first to check
> that worked OK before I started to look at the PCcard issues, and it did.
> Of course, I may have used a different model to yours so if you can
> get a PCI device listing (*pcihinv=1 in plan9.ini if you can't boot the
> system enough to run /bin/pci). It's odd that a PCI card would have an
> address at 0x300, that smacks of the card not being identified correctly
> somehow.

Very embarrassed silence...

Ah, having just pulled the cover back off the PC and crawled around to
have a look, it is *not* a PCI card.  Its an old 3c509 EtherLink III.

Even with ether0=elnk3 and *noetherprobe in plan9.ini it still hangs
when booting from the hard disk if the 3com card is plugged in, but will
boot ok with no ethernet card. Or, I can boot off the install CD from
the 26th and use the network.

> --jim

	Adrian

Re: [9fans] PCMCIA 3COM 3CCFE574BT/3CXFE575CT 10/100

[lucio]

> I've noticed problems with almost all 3Com cards and adapters
> recently. I will try to take a look at it when I retiurn  from a trip.

Recent 3Com, or the 9load problem with at least the early (10MHz)
adapters?  The latter is easily bypassed, the kernel driver is OK.

++L

Re: [9fans] PCMCIA 3COM 3CCFE574BT/3CXFE575CT 10/100

[Jim McKie]

I've noticed problems with almost all 3Com cards and adapters
recently. I will try to take a look at it when I retiurn from a trip.

--jacques

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From: "Mon de Vera" <ramondevera@gmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 1:24 PM
Subject: [9fans] PCMCIA 3COM 3CCFE574BT/3CXFE575CT 10/100


Has anyone worked on making the cards on the subject line work with Plan 9?

I'm trying to install Plan 9 on a Micron Transport ZX and everything else
seems to be working fine except for the ethernet.

Regards,
Mon

[9fans] PCMCIA 3COM 3CCFE574BT/3CXFE575CT 10/100

[Mon de Vera]

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Has anyone worked on making the cards on the subject line work with Plan 9?

I'm trying to install Plan 9 on a Micron Transport ZX and everything else
seems to be working fine except for the ethernet.

Regards,
Mon

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