From owner-freebsd-mobile Sun Jan 18 13:17:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA13793 for freebsd-mobile-outgoing; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 13:17:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from scruz.net (nic.scruz.net [165.227.1.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA13789 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 13:17:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dkulp@diz.pt.scruznet.com) Received: from diz.pt.scruznet.com (diz.pt.scruznet.com [205.179.107.66]) by scruz.net (8.8.5/1.34) with ESMTP id NAA15628 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 13:17:16 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dkulp@localhost) by diz.pt.scruznet.com (8.8.8/8.7.3) id NAA03451; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 13:17:10 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 13:17:10 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199801182117.NAA03451@diz.pt.scruznet.com> From: David Kulp MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Advice on cardbus/pcmcia needed X-Mailer: VM 6.22 under 19.15 XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I've been reading this group off and on as I could find the time, so forgive me if I repeat questions that have already been answered. I'm trying to determine the proper action to take to allow ethernet capability on my Toshiba Portege 650CT. This machine is currently running FBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE (installed over a laplink). The Toshiba 650CT is a CardBus machine (as are many (most?) of the laptops released in the last 18 months). According to Nate Williams on this list: (11/17) PAO includes PCI/CardBus support, but FBSD does not. (12/2) Ted Faber added support for the CL PD6832 (a PCMCIA card) on CardBus machines, and the architectural support for other PCMCIA cards although no others have been added or tested. This new driver support is in FBSD -current. (12/5) PAO includes boot probes for additional devices, and (12/29) has better docs, more drivers, and easier setup. (thanks, Nate and Ted.) An alpha version of PAO (released 12/11/97) is currently available for 2.2.5-RELEASE only. The only mention of CardBus at www.jp.freebsd.org/PAO was in the FAQ which said that some CardBus machines were supported in compatibility mode. The FAQ mentions that the CL PD6832 (same as added by Ted Faber), TI PCI-1130, and TI PCI-1131 chipsets are currently supported. (I can't find any of these devices mentioned in the list of supported hardware for either PAO or FBSD, so I don't know what type of cards these are.) As far as I can tell, the best way to add PAO is to use the boot floppy to upgrade from my 2.2.2 to 2.2.5 and get the latest PAO along with it. If I have a supported ethernet card, then I can do this upgrade over the net. (thanks, Tatsumi.) OK, given this information, is it possible for my Toshiba to currently run (reliably) any Ethernet cards, and if so, what card is recommended, what's the best way to migrate to the necessary OS version, and do I need PAO? If I need PAO, is the most recent alpha release OK, or should I install an older (presumably more stable) version? Thanks! David Kulp (dkulp@neomorphic.com) ps. I'm sorry I can't offer some coding help instead of just begging for assistance, but I'm not a systems programmer and I'm currently swamped. I hope I can reciprocate the assistance at a later date!