From: "Thomas Dennis" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
Message-ID: <4B7C1F4D.7030903@t-online.de>
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:54:37 +0100
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Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Driver Problem
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Andy Willis wrote:
> Thomas Dennis wrote:
>> Andy Willis wrote:
>>> Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:
>>>> Hi, Thomas...
>>>>
>>>> On 02/10/10 03:42 pm, Thomas Dennis thus wrote :
>>>>> Hi:
>>>>> I'm trying to get my Laptop to work with eCS 2.0 rc7.
>>>>> Since my Laptop is an older model I'm using a PCMCIA
>>>>> plug-in card. A D-Link DWA 645. The chipset is suppose
>>>>> to an Atheros but I haven't been able to establish it
>>>>> as a fact.
>>>>> I did download two s/w packages from Netlabs that are
>>>>> for the Atheros chipset but I have not been able to
>>>>> install them. The problem may be due to one of the files being
>>>>> saddled with the DOS name regulation 8:3. I have
>>>>> renamed it correctly as it is on the Internet, but
>>>>> one of the eCS 2.0 rc7 widgets keeps showing the
>>>>> DOS file name.
>>>>> Like: GENMAC220_ATHEROS.WPI
>>>>> GENMAC~1.WPI
>>>>> Where it's getting this data from I don't know.
>>>>> WarpIN, which came with eCS 2.0, gives me an error
>>>>> message saying that:
>>>>> "GenMac could not find any network interface card in
>>>>> the system!"
>>>>> Can anybody tell me what the problem is?
>>>>> Am I doing something wrong or left something out that
>>>>> needs to be included?
>>>> You need to install Veit's cbenable driver to get GenMAC to see the 
>>>> card
>>>> and turn it on. Please see my other post of 2/3 @ 8:25pm EST. Without
>>>> cbenable, there's no "glue" to bind the card slots to the PCI bus
>>>> (insofar as GenMAC is concerned), so it doesn't see the card.
>>>>
>>>> Also, in that same message, I asked you to provide the PCI ID 
>>>> string of
>>>> the card, so that we could be certain of the chipset. If you need
>>>> assistance with this step of the process, please advise.
>>>>
>>>> You should probably review
>>>> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.genmac.user/1187 , et seq.
>>>>
>>> One thing to note: cbenable does not work with ACPI.
>>> I've had success with the following:
>>>
>>> REM [PCCARD section
>>> DEVICE=D:\UTILS\THINKPAD\VPCMCIA.SYS
>>> DEVICE=D:\UTILS\THINKPAD\PCMSSDIF.SYS
>>> REM DEVICE=D:\UTILS\THINKPAD\PCM2SRAM.SYS
>>> REM DEVICE=D:\UTILS\THINKPAD\FLSH2MTD.SYS
>>> REM DEVICE=D:\UTILS\THINKPAD\PCM2FLSH.SYS
>>> BASEDEV=PCMCIA.SYS /R:500
>>> BASEDEV=IBM2SS14.SYS
>>> rem BASEDEV=sspcic.sys /VS:auto /E /AP:on
>>> BASEDEV=AUTODRV2.SYS
>>> REM BASEDEV=PCM2ATA.ADD /S:2 /!DM /NOBEEP
>>> BASEDEV=PCM2ATA.ADD /S:2 /NOBEEP
>>> REM BASEDEV=OS2PCARD.DMD
>>> BASEDEV=CBENABLE.SYS * * 0 0 PCIIRQ
>>> BASEDEV=OEMHLP2.SYS
>>> DEVICE=D:\OS2\$ICPMOS2.SYS /G
>>>
>>> sspcic - Apsoft driver does not work for this configuration either.
>>> eCS 2.0 rc7 should have the proper pccard support level, previous
>>> releases did not.
>>> Until cbenable is in place, the pccard will not show with pci.exe.
>>> Not much more involved really other than, if once you have all drivers
>>> in place and if it hangs on boot at or around netbind then wait for a
>>> short while but if it doesn't continue then you can pull the pccard
>>> and the boot will continue but the card will not function.
>>> Andy
>> Andy:
>> I seem to be a bit confused.
>> It's about this: BASEDEV=CBENABLE.SYS * * 0 0 PCIIRQ
>> I thought that CBENABLE.SYS had only three switches and in the
>> past switches started with " / " but that doesn't seem to be the case
>> here. There appear to be more than three. Can you explain?
>
> Not all switches/parameters require a "/".  By convention it is not 
> unusual to require it but that is largely because it is a way to make 
> parsing for the switches easier.  I believe that despite the number of 
> objects seen, it technically is only 3 switches.  If the "/" were used 
> I think it would be like so:
> basedev=cbenable.sys /* * 0 /0 /PCIIRQ
> where the "* * 0" represent the first parameter.  Its just that the 
> first parameter requires 3 objects to represent the desired information.
> From cbenable.txt (which is where I copied the above from initially):
>      Examples:
>
>        BaseDev=CBENABLE.SYS * * 0 0 10,11,12
>        BaseDev=CBENABLE.SYS * * 0 0    NOIRQ
>        BaseDev=CBENABLE.SYS * * 0 0   PCIIRQ
>                             ^^^^^ ^      ^^^
>                            Bridge Socket IRQ
>
> <from second email>
>> Another question that has come up is about this statement:
>> "1.  First install Card Service version 5.0.
>>       cbenable.sys checks for version 5.00 (8.00 is broken)"
>>
>> This is the first step in "Usage" for cbenable.sys.
>> Do you have any idea what "Card Service" is meant?
>> Maybe then I can find a version 5.00.
> Ignore the message about 8.00, that is the version I had to install to 
> get it to work and is the version in eCS 2.0 rc 7(and is the reason it 
> is in eCS 2.0 rc7).
> As long as you have:
> BASEDEV=PCMCIA.SYS /R:500
> then you should be fine in this regard... in fact, the fact that you 
> can see the pccard via pci.exe suggests that it is fine.
> Andy
>
>
>
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Andy:
The next question is about a missing line in the Config.sys.
BASEDEV=OS2PCARD.DMD
This line is not in my Config.sys file but I find the body on
my PC.  Should it be included or has it been superceeded
by a DANI driver?

Thomas