Re: device pcic and card

"M. Warner Losh" wrote:
> In message: <4230E44A.2010007_at_savvis.net>
>             Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin_at_savvis.net> writes:
> : beetle# grep -i pcic /usr/src/UPDATING
> : beetle# grep -i card /usr/src/UPDATING
> : beetle# grep -i oldcard /usr/src/UPDATING
> 
> OLDCARD is what you want to grep for.
> 
> : > In message: <41DC2EAD.8070403_at_savvis.net>
> : >             Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin_at_savvis.net> writes:
> : > : i heard Warner said something about removing pcic and card (aka oldcard
) 
> : > : support from -current. has it happened? after cvsup'ing (yesterday) i n
o 
> : > : longer can configure kernel with pcic and card.
> : > : 
> : > : i can not use newcard on my tecra 8100 :( when i insert serial pc-card 
> : > : my laptop hangs :( i can insert ethernet card (3com) but i can not 
> : > : remove it :( same story - laptop hangs hard.
> : > 
> : > Hangs hard?  That's unfortunate.  I'd love to help figure things out,
> : > but my tecra 8100 is working great...
> : 
> : so, was oldcard support removed from -current? i have xircom credit card 
> : bluetooth adapter that has standard uart (16550) and used to work with 
> : oldcard (sio(4)). with newcard this adapter just hangs the system hard 
> : as soon as i plug it in. also /var/log/messages says sio(4) can not 
> : recognize uart type.
> 
> Yes.  OLDCARD has been removed from current.  you should migrate to
> device cbb and pccard instead.  This sounds like a resource issue with

I cannot migrate to cbb and pccard: my Vadem 468 is not supported.
I know the hardware is old.  Are there any plans to support this
or should I just give up and run 4.x on this laptop (it will be
quite inconvenient to downgrade)?

Ian

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Ian Freislich