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Date:      Wed, 9 Jul 1997 09:49:00 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        robr@wired.com (William Robertson)
Cc:        handy@sag.space.lockheed.com, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Woes on a TP 560C
Message-ID:  <199707090019.JAA09710@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199707081633.JAA04857@wired.com> from William Robertson at "Jul 8, 97 09:33:25 am"

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William Robertson stands accused of saying:
> 
> this should be in a faq.  

Perhaps.  Brian is working on one I hope 8)

> if you want PCMCIA support to work semi-reasonably, you should be
> running with the PAO patches (http://www.jp.FreeBSD.org/PAO/).  

Er.  That's highly debatable.  The PAO work does add some useful extras,
but on the whole the code as it stands is quite OK on the majority of
systems out there.

> it works reasonably well.  the only major problem i have is, my
> machine freezes if i try to suspend and my xj-cc4288 isn't hibernated.

There is a general architectural problem with suspending and PCCARDs.

> you should also delete the 'disable' keywords in the kernel config for
> the psm and the apm devices.  that will get rid of the 'disabled, not
> probed' messages.  you have to recompile the kernel for that to take
> effect.  

Muich easier is to boot with -c and 'enable' them.  Or weren't you aware
that these changes are saved?

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