Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 13:48:16 -0500 From: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> To: Rick Tait <rickt@speakeasy.org> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.4 on Dell Inspiron 7000 with 3Com 3CCFE575? Message-ID: <20000120134816.B426@argon.blackdawn.com> In-Reply-To: <200001182344.PAA21463@grace.speakeasy.org>; from rickt@speakeasy.org on Tue, Jan 18, 2000 at 06:43:00PM -0500 References: <200001182344.PAA21463@grace.speakeasy.org>
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On Tue, Jan 18, 2000 at 06:43:00PM -0500, Rick Tait wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm currently running Slackware 7.0 on my Dell Inspiron 7000, and I've > reached the end of my tether with Lin[s]ux. I need to switch to my > beloved FBSD... I run FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT on my Dell Inspiron 7000, too. > However, I've been out of the BSD scene for about 3 years, and am not > familiar with the current state of laptop support, especially in the > most recent versions of FBSD. > > My needs are simple, I don't need APM or any other of the fancy > laptop-specific stuff. This is what I want/need to work: > > - 1024x768x16 on the 15" LCD display > - 3Com 3CCFE575 Cyclone CardBus 10/100 PCMCIA NIC Unfortunately, we don't have CardBus support yet. However, I'm sure that 3Com will be glad to trade your 3CCFE575 for the 3CCFE574BT, which I have, and which gets to about 1.1MB/sec under the latest -CURRENT on a half-duplex 100BaseTX network. You _MIGHT_ be able to get it to work under 3.4-RELEASE, but I tested with 3.3-RELEASE and it didn't work. Or, if you are willing, you could wait until there is CardBus support. I believe the 3Com driver will be one of the first supported using CardBus. You'll have to wait until at least 4.1-RELEASE or so before a -RELEASE will support it, however.. and I'm being a little optimistic, I think. You don't need PAO for this particular card - don't mess with PAO anyway, it's a pain, especially if you want to keep in sync with -STABLE (and you will, believe me :-). > That's pretty much it. I've looked through the freebsd-mobile archives, > and I read that in April someone was asking about the same card, and the > consensus was that there is no current support. What about now? > > Please, folks - I'm desperate to switch back! I've got my FBSD CDROM at > the ready, I've backed up all my data. I'm poised, ready to install as > soon as someone tells me I can make this work! > > What's the bottom line? As I said just above, trade your card in or wait a month or two (it might be longer). Or, of course, you could work with the CardBus group, but I doubt you have the necessary expertise to be much help. :\ -- Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> GCS/E/S @d- s+:+>+:- a--->+++ C++ UB++++ P+ L- E--- W+++ !N !o ?K w--- ?O M+ V-- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP+>+++ t++ 5 X++ R+ tv+ b++>++++ DI+++ D+ G++>+++ e->++++ h! r-->+++ y? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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