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    There's a patch for broken dc (xircom, and others) from John Baldwin - want it ?

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved 2.1 Snapshot Feedback and Problems - RETIRED
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    • M
      msi
      last edited by

      OK, you confirm my suggestion.
      Unfortunately taking this changeset isn't enough as it depends on previous commits to 'sys/dev/pci/pci.c'' inside 8-STABLE.
      Only cherry-picking this will cause a merge conflict, so you'll want to take all commits to this file until git is happy.

      The result may be applying patches, but may not yield something build-able, so testing will be required.

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        apfusertoo
        last edited by

        @MatSim:

        OK, you confirm my suggestion.
        Unfortunately taking this changeset isn't enough as it depends on previous commits to 'sys/dev/pci/pci.c'' inside 8-STABLE.
        Only cherry-picking this will cause a merge conflict, so you'll want to take all commits to this file until git is happy.

        The result may be applying patches, but may not yield something build-able, so testing will be required.

        How can I help with this ?  Since you have the corresponding FreeBSD commits, and have tracked down exactly where this code comes from, am I correct that you no longer need me to do a pull request, etc. ?

        Let me know how I can help - this would fix a TON of pcmcia cards that are currently totally broken in pfsense, and I'd love to get it in before the official 2.1 release…

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          msi
          last edited by

          G'day

          RIght, yes now I have checked more exactly which patches that we'd likely need and put them together.
          https://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense-tools/pull/25

          If you are able to make your own build, you can use my github clone for building and help in finding breakage.
          It unfortunately patches in larger areas and I neither have experience in them, nor to I have Cardbux hardware laying around.

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            cmb
            last edited by

            Thanks MatSim. I merged that to give it a shot.

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              apfusertoo
              last edited by

              I can ship out a laptop + xircom cardbus cards to someone if they want to do some real testing.

              Alternatively, if you can provide some specific commands or test binaries to run, I can run them off of 2.1 on my local hardware…

              Thanks.

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                I have laptops with cardbus slots and I seem to have two xircom cards: a CBE2-100 and a XEM5600. I have far too much obsolete hardware.  ::)
                Are either of those supported by this patch? Any specific tests?

                Steve

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                  msi
                  last edited by

                  The best would be if the initial reporter could give feedback. :-)

                  If you are now able to use these Xircom-based cards, well that would show that at least I didn't break anything with importing these patches.
                  The last Notebook I saw with Cardbus slots, was Thinkpad T61 which had both Cardbus and Expresscard.

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    Ok I'm running yesterdays snapshot 32bit (are there any 64bit machines with a cardbus?  ;)) live CD.

                    
[2.1-BETA0][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root(2): uname -a
FreeBSD pfSense.localdomain 8.3-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p5 #0: Mon Nov 26 07:11:24 EST 2012     root@snapshots-8_3-i386.builders.pfsense.org:/usr/obj./usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_SMP.8  i386

                    The CBE2 card does not work. Many 'unable allocate resources for CIS' errors during boot.
                    The 'Realport' XEM5600 card work great.

                    [2.1-BETA0][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root(3): ifconfig xe0
xe0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
	ether 00:10:a4:7a:59:8b
	inet6 fe80::210:a4ff:fe7a:598b%xe0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x9 
	inet 192.168.111.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.111.255
	nd6 options=3 <performnud,accept_rtadv>media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX)
	status: active</performnud,accept_rtadv></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast> 

                    [2.1-BETA0][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root(2): dmesg | grep xe
xe0: <xircom 10="" 100="" network="" +="" 56k="" modem="" pc="" card="">at port 0x2e8-0x2ef irq 9 function 0 config 39 on pccard1
xe0: version 0x55/0x05, 100Mbps capable, with modem
xe0: [ITHREAD]
[2.1-BETA0][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root(3): sysctl -a | grep Xircom
dev.xe.0.%desc: Xircom 10/100 Network + 56K Modem PC Card
dev.xe.0.%pnpinfo: manufacturer=0x0105 product=0x110a cisvendor="Xircom" cisproduct="10/100 Network + 56K Modem PC Card" function_type=6</xircom>

                    It did throw a load of watchdog timeouts while I connected a cable but recovered gracefully.

                    Oops, spoke too soon. I ran a pciconf -lv on it and now showing a stream of 'xe0: allignment error' messages on the console and is unaccessable.

                    Steve

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      Ok so in conclusion of the two Xircom cards I have one is supported by the xe(4) driver and works just about OK if you've pushed it into the slot hard enough.  ::)

                      The other card tries to load the dc(4) driver and fails.

                      
dmesg|grep dc0

dc0: <xircom 10="" x3201="" 100basetx="">port 0x1080-0x10ff mem 0x88000000-0x880007ff,0x88001000-0x880017ff irq 9 at device 0.0 on cardbus0
dc0: No station at address in CIS!
device_attach: dc0 attach returned 6

dmesg|grep cardbus

cardbus0: <cardbus bus="">on cbb0
cardbus1: <cardbus bus="">on cbb1
cardbus0: Unable to allocate resource to read CIS.
cardbus0: Unable to allocate resources for CIS
cardbus0: Unable to allocate resource to read CIS.
cardbus0: Unable to allocate resources for CIS</cardbus></cardbus></xircom>

                      I imagine there maybe a typo in that!

                      This appears to be the long standing problem that the patch should have addressed. Wrong snapshot?  :-
                      The combination of laptop and card work fine under Windows (98?) but I could easily believe it's a BIOS problem.

                      Steve

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                        msi
                        last edited by

                        Nope, was my fault. JimP fixed a typo in the patches file which otherwise would have made the cardbus patch not apply.
                        The typo was introduced myself, sorry. Wait for the next builder run and test again…

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          Working well now.  :)

                          [2.1-BETA0][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root(6): uname -a
FreeBSD pfSense.localdomain 8.3-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p5 #0: Tue Nov 27 11:33:39 EST 2012     root@snapshots-8_3-i386.builders.pfsense.org:/usr/obj./usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_SMP.8  i386
[2.1-BETA0][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root(7): ifconfig dc0
dc0: flags=8843 <up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>metric 0 mtu 1500
	options=80008 <vlan_mtu,linkstate>ether 00:10:a4:8a:ba:87
	inet6 fe80::210:a4ff:fe8a:ba87%dc0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x9 
	inet 192.168.111.5 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.111.255
	nd6 options=3 <performnud,accept_rtadv>media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
	status: active
[2.1-BETA0][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root(8): dmesg | grep Xircom
dc0: <xircom 10="" x3201="" 100basetx="">port 0x1080-0x10ff mem 0x88000000-0x880007ff,0x88001000-0x880017ff irq 9 at device 0.0 on cardbus0
[2.1-BETA0][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root(9): sysctl dev.dc
dev.dc.0.%desc: Xircom X3201 10/100BaseTX
dev.dc.0.%driver: dc
dev.dc.0.%location: slot=0 function=0
dev.dc.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x115d device=0x0003 subvendor=0x115d subdevice=0x0181 class=0x020000
dev.dc.0.%parent: cardbus0</xircom></full-duplex></performnud,accept_rtadv></vlan_mtu,linkstate></up,broadcast,running,simplex,multicast>

                          Let me know if you want/need any other info. I don't think I'll be using the Sony F409 for anything else anytime soon. It was once the most expensive single thing I'd ever bought, now gathers dust in a pile of old laptops.  ::)

                          Steve

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                            apfusertoo
                            last edited by

                            Ok, I just tested out two xircom realport cards (R2BE-100) inside a Dell Latitude p3-900 and they both work great!

                            Not a lot of testing, but assigned IPs, made connections, and set up a few long scp transfers @ 1.4MB/s.

                            Not a single error, nothing on console, nothing in dmesg - looks perfect.

                            Thank you!

                            Now, moving forward, should I continue testing this as each new snapshot of 2.1 comes out, or is it safe to assume that this is fixed for good now ?

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                              msi
                              last edited by

                              Thanks for the feedbacks.
                              Checking back some time may be worthy still, in the case where patches/RELENG_8_3/from-8-STABLE/cardbus gets updates I'd say,
                              since 8.3-RELENG doesn't seem to receive much updates, only security.

                              Although it improves things - are there real consumers of CardBus devices in conjunction with pfSense out there these days?
                              Maybe I'm overlooking the use of laptops as low-power DYI plattforms instead of buying an embedded board…

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                                apfusertoo
                                last edited by

                                @MatSim:

                                Thanks for the feedbacks.
                                Checking back some time may be worthy still, in the case where patches/RELENG_8_3/from-8-STABLE/cardbus gets updates I'd say,
                                since 8.3-RELENG doesn't seem to receive much updates, only security.

                                Although it improves things - are there real consumers of CardBus devices in conjunction with pfSense out there these days?
                                Maybe I'm overlooking the use of laptops as low-power DYI plattforms instead of buying an embedded board…

                                laptop + xircom realports is a fantastic device.

                                I am looking at a device that has built-in KVM, three (!) physical, full size rj45 ports, and has its own built in UPS.

                                You really can't find a much more user friendly or versatile platform…

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                                  msi
                                  last edited by

                                  Well, under that aspect, it makes quite it makes sense to pf(Sense) ;-)

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