Planex Gwcf11x, Netgear Ma111 V1, Sd Cards, things that should work but don't in 3.8 Options

[elessar]

I have a Planex GW-CF11X card which is apparantly a prism card and so it should work. I found a linux driver for it, but I am unsure how to proceed with openbsd. Init fails in reading the hardware address.

I have two SD cards, one is a Canon SDC-16M and the other is Panasonic RP-SD0646. Plugging both of these in has no effect. No message, no dmesg, no nothing.

I bought a Netgear MA111 v1 because OpenBSD specifically listed it as being supported. This seems to be detected correctly by the kernel. However, running ifconfig causes a kernel panic and drops me into the kernel debugger.

The kernel debugger is very useful and I ran trace and ps like instructed. Capturing the debug output can be done as described here [1]. I read the FAQ[2] and this[3] document. It seemed to me that copying the output by hand would be a faster more reliable method. It occurs to me now that using the infrared serial device this could be done with the Zaurus.

I finally have OpenBSD installed, however this PDA is useless without the internet...I would very much appreciate some help. I am thinking of sending my dmesg output to the developers. But I am not sure I have a problem here that isn't simply my own fault or ignorance of OpenBSD.

My dmesg (attached) reflects where I plugged and unplugged the Ipod and the Netgear. I tried using script to capture the panic...but that didn't work.

I typed out the output of the panic, and the output of trace by hand and attached that as well.
I also attached a list of programs that were running (minmized output of the PS command).

I am running OpenBSD 3.8 GENERIC and have taken no other action on this system.

Any help or comments would be greatly appreciated. Should I go to the developers? Please don't suggest that I go and buy something else...that is not a good solution to my mind and it is an obvious last resort. Please DO point out my own errors if you see them.

Thank you.

[1]http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/kernel/kgdb.html
[2]http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq7.html#SerCon
[3]http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/kernel/#debugging_a_kernel_crash_dump

 dmesg.txt ( 3.06K ) Number of downloads: 33

 trace.txt ( 909bytes ) Number of downloads: 31

 ps.txt ( 152bytes ) Number of downloads: 30

[elessar]

Here I go again...talking to myself....

how to save output from dbb

...doh!...

[Sequethin]

SD cards are not supported. I'm not sure they are a priority either. It would be nice though

[elessar]

Thank you , that is good to know. Don't know how I missed it. Makes sense that SD would be less important than networking. Of course at the moment, SD is my only option since I don't have a CF card, and both network cards I have are not setup yet. I'm curious now if there is anyone else with a Netgear or the Planex I mentioned who has had either success or failure using them in OpenBSD.

[barryg]

Good day!

Have you tried the latest snapshot?

You don't have to reinstall the whole thing, download and install openbsd38_arm.ipk
and click on the "install OpenBSD" icon. This will boot bsd.rd, from there, drop to console
and try to configure your wi card.

Mabuhay! barryg

[0]
ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapsho...enbsd38_arm.ipk

[elessar]

I tried the latest snapshot with a date of Oct 25 with the same results as before. I am a bit stumped as to how to proceed. I am thinking of trying to transfer files back and forth from my Ipod. I suppose I will have buy yet another NIC. Oh well...