From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu Nov 13 15:29:39 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA02542 for mobile-outgoing; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 15:29:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile) Received: from ns.mt.sri.com (SRI-56K-FR.mt.net [206.127.65.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA02536 for ; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 15:29:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: from rocky.mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by ns.mt.sri.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA22449; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 16:29:30 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.mt.sri.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA11350; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 16:29:28 -0700 (MST) Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 16:29:28 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199711132329.QAA11350@rocky.mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "Dean B. Cookson" Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unsupported Combo Cards In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: VM 6.29 under 19.15 XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I've noticed that despite the fact that my Megahertz CC/XJEM3336 is > unsupported, the modem half actually works. Right, the 'first' half of the card works, but who knows which half it is when you buy it. > Unfortunatly, it's the ethernet > half that's really the interesting bit to me. Is there a way to only use > the ethernet half Not today. > or should I > a: Just go buy bloody ethernet card since they're only $100 > or > b: Sit tight and wait until the people working on the software have time > to stop doing the stuff that they actually get paid for and make combo cards > work. :-) Depends on how long you want to wait. If you need something in the next 3 months, don't hold your breath waiting. If you can wait that long, then it *might* work by then, but I still wouldn't make any bets. Basically, go buy an ethernet card. :) :) Nate