From owner-freebsd-mobile Sun Jan 18 19:36:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA17230 for freebsd-mobile-outgoing; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 19:36:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from word.smith.net.au (vh1.gsoft.com.au [203.38.152.122]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA17217 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 19:36:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA00827; Mon, 19 Jan 1998 13:59:16 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199801190329.NAA00827@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: David Kulp cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Advice on cardbus/pcmcia needed In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 18 Jan 1998 13:17:10 -0800." <199801182117.NAA03451@diz.pt.scruznet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 13:59:15 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > 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. FreeBSD has PCI support, but no support for CardBus devices. > (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. This is not correct; the PD6832 is a CardBus *controller*, which can also work in PCCARD mode. > (12/5) PAO includes boot probes for additional devices, and > (12/29) has better docs, more drivers, and easier setup. PAO has driver support for extra devices. Whether the docs are better and/or the setup is easier is debatable. > 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.) They're not; they're interface chipsets found in laptops. > 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? - FreeBSD-current can't help you unless you can convince your chipset to run in a PCCARD-compatible mode. TSETUP may give you this option. - If you try the PAO code and it recognises your hardware and will support ordinary PCCARD cards on it, I'm more than happy with most of the NE2000 clone PCCARDs around. -- \\ 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. \\