From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 14 02:50:15 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2123A16A4C0 for ; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 02:50:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from srv1.cosmo-project.de (srv1.cosmo-project.de [213.83.6.106]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A39AA43FA3 for ; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 02:50:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andreas@klemm.apsfilter.org) Received: from srv1.cosmo-project.de (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by srv1.cosmo-project.de (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8E9o9Qw045082 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Sun, 14 Sep 2003 11:50:10 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from andreas@klemm.apsfilter.org) Received: (from uucp@localhost)h8E9o8N8045081; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 11:50:08 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from andreas@klemm.apsfilter.org) Received: from titan.klemm.apsfilter.org (localhost.klemm.apsfilter.org [127.0.0.1]) by klemm.apsfilter.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8E9mkfG011826; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 11:48:47 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from andreas@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org) Received: (from andreas@localhost) by titan.klemm.apsfilter.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h8E9mfpk011825; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 11:48:41 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 11:48:41 +0200 From: Andreas Klemm To: "Matthew N. Dodd" Message-ID: <20030914094841.GB11283@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org> References: <20030909180947.GA23478@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org> <20030913071847.GA10778@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org> <20030913.092402.62370625.imp@bsdimp.com> <20030913141119.A27896@sasami.jurai.net> <20030913165818.I27896@sasami.jurai.net> <20030914002507.GA5239@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org> <20030913203403.E27896@sasami.jurai.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030913203403.E27896@sasami.jurai.net> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT X-Disclaimer: A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: "M. Warner Losh" cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What do you think of the new 3COM cards with X-Jack ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 09:50:15 -0000 Hi Matthew and Warner, hope you feel well ... the 3 little children above me jumped like hell over us in the sleeping room, so I got up earlier than expected, oh dear ;-) Gives me some extra time for troubleshooting and reminds me to get a new appartement quickly ;-)) Could you or someone else please try to answer me the following questions ... I have to decide today if I have to downgrade my Laptop to 4.9pre. I'd like to help to troubleshoot the issues with -currents instabilities, but on the other hand I sometimes need a Laptop with network support at work != WinXP to do my usual scripting tasks with Cisco devices and such ... 1) can I use 16 and 32 Bit PCMCIA network cards under -current using one kernel or do I need to compile a special kernel for 16 Bit PCMCIA cards ? Do I have perhaps to compile a special kernel for 16 Bit PCMCIA ethernet cards with OLDCARD settings ? 2) My 16 Bit Xircom card doesn't run anymore under -current... Its a Xircom Realport Ethernet 10/100 + Modem 56 aka REM-56G-100. Has perhaps the xe driver got the same performance enhancements that broke the xl driver ?? What do you think do I need to do, to get it working again under -current ? 3) Q: / idea: could somebody make a kernel option from these performance enhancements ? Since they seem to break drivers. Is perhaps a damn work, if every driver has to be touched... But theoretically even under -current things shouldn't be committed that break thinks on the long run ... And since I tried 2 separate -currents which are about 1 month away from each other, -currents PCMCIA support concerning NICs seems to be broken since a relatively long time. Andreas /// -- Andreas Klemm - Powered by FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT Need a magic printfilter today ? -> http://www.apsfilter.org/