[talk] installfest, tonight

[George Rosamond]

On 08/04/16 20:09, Jun Ebihara wrote:
> From: George Rosamond <george at ceetonetechnology.com>
> Subject: Re: [talk] installfest, tonight
> Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2016 11:45:55 -0400
> 
>> I was generously given four PCMCIA wireless cards for the Workpad, but
>> only one works with wi(4) which ironically is a Microsoft MN-520.  I
>> still can't connect to a WPA network with wpa_supplicant, however.
>> The other cards didn't work:
>> re(4) Realtek 8185 from Encore Electronics ENPWI-G2 isn't even
>> recognized.  It's identified on OpenBSD current, but doesn't appear as
>> an interface.
>> wi(4) is a Prism2 HWB3163 from SMC EZ Connect Wireless SMC2632W appears
>> as an interface with an error "command failed, cmd=0x121, arg=0xfc80"
>> rtw(4) RTL8180F a Linksys/Cisco WPC11 doesn't appear at all, but is
>> recognized by OpenBSD current.
> 
> hpcmips port was out of hospital,from wrong term NetBSD old MIPS port broken.
> 1. PCMCIA card support still on NetBSD 5 decade.
> 2. lost intterept issue remains such as PCMCIA bus, may be.

Wow.  Had no idea it was that outdated.

> 
> If you can check PCMCIA card with NetBSD/i386 works well,
> add configration to hpcmips GENERIC and re-compiling kernel 
> should work well.

I'm going to have to jump into that... I don't have any NetBSD boxes
other than these little baby MIPS laptops.

> 
> and one more problem:
> 
> 3. 7.99.34 kernel hangs after /sbin/init
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-hpcmips/2016/07/29/msg000287.html
> 
> btw:
> 
> On hpcmips: GENERIC kernel supports below:
> http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/arch/hpcmips/conf/GENERIC?rev=1.230&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&only_with_tag=MAIN
> 
> # PCMCIA network interfaces
> ep*	 at pcmcia? function ?		# 3Com 3c589 and 3c562 Ethernet
> mbe*	 at pcmcia? function ?		  # MB8696x based Ethernet
> ne*	 at pcmcia? function ?		    # NE2000-compatible Ethernet
> ray*	 at pcmcia? function ?		      # Raytheon Raylink (802.11)
> sm*	 at pcmcia? function ?		      	# Megahertz Ethernet
> wi*	 at pcmcia? function ?			  # Lucent WaveLan IEEE (802.11)
> xirc*	 at pcmcia? function ?			    # Xircom CreditCard Ethernet
> com*	 at xirc?
> xi*	 at xirc?
> awi*	 at pcmcia? function ?		# WLI-PCM
> an*	 at pcmcia? function ?		  # Aironet PC4500/PC4800 (802.11)
> mhzc*	 at pcmcia? function ?
> com*	 at mhzc?
> sm*	 at mhzc?
> 
> On i386: GENERIC kernel supports below:
> http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/arch/i386/conf/GENERIC?rev=1.1138&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&only_with_tag=MAIN
> 
> # PCMCIA network interfaces
> an*	 at pcmcia? function ?		# Aironet PC4500/PC4800 (802.11)
> awi*	 at pcmcia? function ?		  # BayStack 650/660 (802.11FH/DS)
> cnw*	 at pcmcia? function ?		    # Xircom/Netwave AirSurfer
> cs*	 at pcmcia? function ?		      # CS89xx Ethernet
> ep*	 at pcmcia? function ?		      	# 3Com 3c589 and 3c562 Ethernet
> malo*	 at pcmcia? function ?			  # Marvell Libertas
> mbe*	 at pcmcia? function ?			    # MB8696x based Ethernet
> ne*	 at pcmcia? function ?			      # NE2000-compatible Ethernet
> ray*	 at pcmcia? function ?			      	# Raytheon Raylink (802.11)
> sm*	 at pcmcia? function ?				  # Megahertz Ethernet
> # tr at pcmcia has problems with Cardbus bridges
> #tr* at pcmcia? function ?  	 # TROPIC based Token-Ring
> wi*  at pcmcia? function ?	   # Lucent/Intersil WaveLAN/IEEE (802.11)
> xirc*	at pcmcia? function ?	     # Xircom CreditCard Ethernet
> com*	at xirc?
> xi*	at xirc?
> mhzc*	at pcmcia? function ?		# Megahertz Ethernet/Modem combo cards
> com*	at mhzc?
> sm*	at mhzc?

Thanks Jun.  I had assumed the source was all up-to-date.

That explains the inability for one of the wi cards to connect via WPA,
while it works with WEP.

Will need to look at NetBSD kernel building since I dwell mostly in
FreeBSD and OpenBSD land.

Appreciated.

g