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 http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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