From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu Apr 9 11:19:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA18329 for freebsd-mobile-outgoing; Thu, 9 Apr 1998 11:19:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA18324 for ; Thu, 9 Apr 1998 11:19:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA00302; Thu, 9 Apr 1998 11:16:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199804091816.LAA00302@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Joseph Moran cc: misc@openbsd.org, mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: update on pcmcia/modem support? In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 09 Apr 1998 13:57:27 EDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1998 11:16:04 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > > I'm investing in a refurbished Gateway laptop to run either > OpenBSD or FreeBSD. I've bene searching the archives to see how each *BSD > handles pcmcia support (for both ethernet and modem cards), but most of > the notes are pretty dated. Can anyone give an update on the situation, > namely for OpenBSD 2.2 + 2.3 and FreeBSD 2.2.5 + 3.* ? I appreciate it. If you're looking at mainstream hardware, FreeBSD pretty much covers it. With few exceptions, modems "just work". Ethernet cards are a little trickier, but most NE2000 clones and of course the 3Com 3c589 work fine. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message