Date: 20 Nov 1996 08:19:45 +0100 From: Peter Mutsaers <plm@xs4all.nl> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Laptops. Is something missing? Message-ID: <87wwvhz10u.fsf@plm.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: James Hu's message of Tue, 19 Nov 1996 15:44:28 -0600 (CST) References: <87d8x95jni.fsf@totally-fudged-out-message-id>
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>> On Tue, 19 Nov 1996 15:44:28 -0600 (CST), James Hu <jxh@cs.wustl.edu> said:
JH> Peter Mutsaers <plm@xs4all.nl> writes:
>> Hello,
>> I run FreeBSD and prefer it over Linux. But now I have to install one
>> of them on my new laptop. Some people tell me that Linux has better
>> support for laptops. Is that true? If so, then what is missing
>> w.r.t. laptop support on FreeBSD? It does seem that pcmcia is
>> supported. Do I need more specific support for laptops that FreeBSD
>> might not provice?
JH> AFAIK, the only problem is that FreeBSD does not come with PCCARD
JH> support built into the GENERIC kernel. So, once installed on the
JH> laptop, you'd have to rebuild the kernel to get PCCARDs to work.
JH> Also, someone posted this URL a while back, which should help you out:
JH> http://www.mt.cs.keio.ac.jp/person/hosokawa/PAO/
Aha, this URL is very useful. There is a complete pcmcia package with
many drivers. I have a Megahertz pcmcia ethernet card which is
supported. It is only surprising that this is not in the standard
(current) kernel since it would save a lot of people the work of
patching the kernel sources etc.
Thanks,
--
Peter Mutsaers | Abcoude (Utrecht), | Trust is a good quality
plm@xs4all.nl | the Netherlands | for other people to have
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