Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 09:36:13 -0500 (EST) From: Patrick Gardella <patrick@cre8tivegroup.com> To: Sean Murphy <033197m@dragon.acadiau.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: PCMCIA Card Data Message-ID: <XFMail.990119093613.patrick@cre8tivegroup.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.05.9901191014540.25912-100000@dragon>
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On 19-Jan-99 Sean Murphy wrote: > I've been told that there might be a piece of software within the standard > FreeBSD distribution that one could use to gain data about a PCMCIA card > (CIS index, offset for the MAC address, etc). I've seen data detailing a > program called "pin" for commercial unix, i believe.. does anyone know how > I might go about finding this information, or a program that could obtain > it for me? I'm getting quite frustrated, and I can't imagine that > everyone has this problem. I'm trying to get my IBM EtherJet PC card > (reportedly supported in 3.0-release), however, there is no configuration > for it in the pccard.conf, so I need the CIS index and the ether offset to > set up a config section.. It's quite simple to get the information: /usr/sbin/pccardc dumpcis > also, do I need to compile the interface (ed0, > ep0, whatever it is) into the kernel or something? To my experience, this > was MUCH easier in Linux.. put the card in, recompile Cardmanager with the > driver source, rerun card manager, off you go.. please help Yes, you will need to have the interface in the kernel. I think its a ze driver, but I could be wrong. The easy way would be to compile them all in, and try them one at a time. Patrick --- Patrick S. Gardella Director of Web Development The Creative Group 1-800-804-0783 ext 29 606-858-8029 (fax) http://www.cre8tivegroup.com PGP Key ID 0xEE2D47A9 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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