Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 12:46:11 -0700 From: richard childers <fscked@pacbell.net> To: "Michael C. Cambria" <cambria@fid4.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where to find a true PCI->PCMCIA Adapter Message-ID: <3D52CA83.4BB71351@pacbell.net> References: <3D52BD79.3040504@fid4.com>
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Belkin's PCI->PCMCIA adapter appears to sufficient elements of the wi chipset to be recognized as a wi at boot time even with no PCMCIA card installed. The PCMCIA card itself, alas, is not a supported wireless card at this time, to the best of my knowledge (this may change in 5.0). It is my understanding that the bridges are proprietary to their vendors but this may only be true on the Windows side of things, where interoperability is determined by the manufacturer rather than the chipset. Not sure if this is what you're looking for? -- richard "Michael C. Cambria" wrote: > I'm looking to replace a "dumb" PCI->PCMCIA bridge with one that is a > "true" bridge (see man wi) so I can add/remove the PCMCIA wireless card > as needed. > > I've checked man pcic, man wi and a few others, but other than telling > me to avoid things like cards with a PLX chip (which I have now), the > type of info in these docs isn't exactly what vendors advertise on the > side of their boxes. > > Is there a way to find out which vendors and models are true PCI->PCMCIA > bridges? What are others using? > > Thanks, > MikeC > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message -- Richard A Childers/KG6HAC -- Senor UNIX System & Network Administrator "Dont forget nothing." Maj Rogers, standing orders, 1st Ranger Bn, 1759 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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