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Date:      Tue, 30 Jul 2002 13:16:07 -0400 (EDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, kirill@solaris.ru
Subject:   Re: Support D-Link DWL-650+ Cardbus on FreeBSD 4.x ?
Message-ID:  <XFMail.20020730131607.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020730.090950.08321364.imp@bsdimp.com>

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On 30-Jul-2002 M. Warner Losh wrote:
> In message: <20020730124210.A39695@solaris.ru>
>             Kirill Bezzubets <kirill@solaris.ru> writes:
>: On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 01:54:19AM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote:
>: 
>: > : > Cardbus isnt supported in 4.x
>: > : > you need to run -current if you want Cardbus support.
>: > : Does this mean that _ANY_ CardBus card (most of modern PCCards)
>: > : will not work under 4.x? Or it will in some compatibility mode?
>: > No.  CardBus cards do not have some funky compatibiltiy mode that will
>: > save you.  They don't work in -stable.
>: 
>: <TI PCI-1131 PCI-CardBus Bridge>
>: <PC Card bus (classic)>
>: 
>: Hmmm... Then, could you explain what words above mean?
> 
> It means that 32-bit cardbus *CARDS* do not work on -stable.  CardBus
> bridges with 16-bit cards, work just fine.

Unfortunately the "Card bus" part is confusing, maybe:

<PC Card Slot (classic)>

would make it less ambiguous?

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John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>  <><  http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
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