From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 17 19:48: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from q.closedsrc.org (ip233.gte15.rb1.bel.nwlink.com [209.20.244.233]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B930037B61A for ; Thu, 17 Aug 2000 19:47:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (lplist@localhost) by q.closedsrc.org (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id e7I2i1e92518; Thu, 17 Aug 2000 19:44:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lplist@closedsrc.org) Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 19:44:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Linh Pham To: Lorin Lund Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: PCMCIA - Cardbus - what is the difference and what is supported? In-Reply-To: <000401c0087e$b3b8ad20$0900fea9@lorins.ild.telecom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Lorin Lund mumbled: > I have a notebook computer (Compaq Presario 1200 XL 118) that claims to > support CardBus so I bought a CardBus LinkSys 10/100 ethernet card. The > list of cards that are supported lists LinkSys 10/100. The card worked with > win98 before I wiped it out to load FreeBSD 4.0. FreeBSD doesn't recognize > the card. But then I get the same message with the Xircom Modem which > doesn't claim to be CardBus. I suspect I might have some of the > specifications on my pcmcia controller wrong. The original PC Card (or PCMCIA) bus is 16-bits wide and uses 5V whereas CardBus is 32-bits wide and runs on 3.3V. CardBus cards are generally faster, uses less CPU cycles, draws less power, and sometimes can cost more. // Linh Pham // http://closedsrc.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message