Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 20:23:19 +0000 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: Mike Crawfurd <mike.crawfurd@cmg.nl>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCMCIA card Message-ID: <l03020909b120c4375bec@[194.32.164.2]> In-Reply-To: <199803021955.MAA21832@mt.sri.com> References: <l03020906b120bd09abe8@[194.32.164.2]> <34FAB450.A404A17D@cmg.nl> <199803021632.JAA20427@mt.sri.com> <l03020906b120bd09abe8@[194.32.164.2]>
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At 7:55 pm +0000 2/3/98, Nate Williams wrote: >> >No, combo-cards are not supported by FreeBSD. >> >> ... but you might get the modem to work by pretending it isn't >>multifunction. > >It depends on the card. As someone already pointed out, this particular >card has the modem as the first entry in the combo-card, but with other >combo cards you might have the reverse experience. Spending a bunch of >money for a dual-purpose card when you can only use one function (at >this time) seems a bit silly, unless you are willing to write the code >to do the multi-function thing. True. I use a GreyCell combo card which has the ethernet first. Hosokawa-san is looking into multifunction cards, but many of them (possibly including the Xircom) don't follow the specs too well. -- Bob Bishop (0118) 977 4017 international code +44 118 rb@gid.co.uk fax (0118) 989 4254 between 0800 and 1800 UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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