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Date:      Fri, 14 Apr 1995 15:20:47 -0400
From:      mtaylor@gateway.cybernet.com (Mark J. Taylor)
To:        hardware@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   PCMCIA support for TCIC chipset?
Message-ID:  <v01520b04abb47b69c964@[192.245.33.12]>

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Andrew McRae writes:
>My future designs are to take over the wor... no, no, wrong mailing list.
>My plans for the next version depends upon the state of the
>2.0 modload stuff. My goals for the PCMCIA support are:
>
> * Modload the drivers on demand, and then unload as required.
>
> * Have a free pool of IRQs, I/O ports and memory areas managed by
>   the driver and daemon so that multiple instances of drivers
>   can be automatically installed as and when required.
>
> * Add support for memory cards, and a filesystem driver for
>   the memory cards.
>
> * Maintain a card type/config database for many different cards.
>   Like a termcap, I guess.
>
> * Have drivers for other PCMCIA controller chips (TCIC?)
>
> * Have the best Plug'N'Play system around.
>
> * Get some sleep.


Do you know if the PCMCIA support in FreeBSD-current supports the Databook
TCIC-2/N controller chip yet?  I'm planning on getting some hardware from
Envoy Data Corporation which does PC-104 <-> PCMCIA bridgeing, and this is
the chipset that they use.


-Mark Taylor
mtaylor@cybernet.com





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