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Date:      Thu, 27 Sep 2001 00:39:17 -0400
From:      "Brian Finlandia" <fbsdmoz@hotmail.com>
To:        chad@DCFinc.com
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: status of 3com 575 in 4.4-release?
Message-ID:  <F67evWWGxegIqunLOyD00008468@hotmail.com>

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> > Then whoever wrote the release notes for 4.4-release was misled (from
> > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.4R/relnotes-i386.html):
> >
> > "In most cases, configuration of PCMCIA devices in laptops is simpler
> > and more flexible.  In addition, various Cardbus bridge PCI cards
> > (such as those used by Orinoco PCI NICs) are now supported."
>
>The point you're missing is that a Cardbus bridge is not a Cardbus
>Card.
>

  Yes, I was missing that point until very recently.  I guess my 
misunderstanding came from having my orinoco card not work in 4.3 and then 
start working with 4.4, along with the statement in the release notes about 
new cardbus bridge support.  I've seen a few wrong specs on the orinoco 
cards that claim they are cardbus.

  Since cardbus card support seems to be unlikely in the near future, I 
wonder if there would be support for porting OpenBSD's cardbus "hack" into 
freebsd for the time being?  At least then we could use our cards in 16 bit 
mode.



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