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Date:      Fri, 16 Oct 1998 13:07:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Karl Swartz <kls@ohare.chicago.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, phk@critter.freebsd.dk
Subject:   Re: HP OmniBook and pccardd
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9810161306060.28399-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199810140719.AAA15862@ohare.chicago.com>

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On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, Karl Swartz wrote:

> > > I had a card in each slot.  I also tried moving them around.  After a
> > > few reboots, FreeBSD saw the cards, but hadn't a clue what to do with
> > > a 3Com 3C389D.  I tried the PAO mods, which have been working reasonably
> > > nicely.
> > > 
> > > However, after a while, it stopped recognizing the existence of the
> > > PCMCIA cards again.  Rebooting into Lose/95 (alas, I have a need to
> > > dual-boot my poor laptop) brought the cards to life on one occasion,
> > > but on other occasions FreeBSD still cannot see the cards even after
> > > the Micro$loth loader (I can't bear to call it an OS) has recognized
> > > them successfully.
> > > 
> > > Any other ideas?
> > 
> > HP has this bad habit of designing totally twisted PCCARD controllers.  I
> > think you're going to have to live with it.
> 
> I find that argument a bit difficult to swallow, given that Lose/95
> seems to have zero problems seeing the PCMCIA slots, 

Well, of COURSE it works under Winblows!! HP would _never_ build
something that didn't work under the target OS.

HP wrote the drivers for their own chips. PCCARD chips are _very_
individualized, there is no standard interface for the chip itself.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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