Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 16:03:05 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org Cc: Alex Povolotsky <tarkhil@webmail.sub.ru> Subject: Re: pccardd in 5.3 Message-ID: <200501051603.06005.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20050101172544.9BB655D04@ptavv.es.net> References: <20050101172544.9BB655D04@ptavv.es.net>
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On Saturday 01 January 2005 12:25 pm, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 13:32:28 +0300 > > From: Alex Povolotsky <tarkhil@webmail.sub.ru> > > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > > > On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 11:38:30 -0500 > > > > John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > > Is your network card already working? (That is, does it probe and > > > attach when you plug it in?) If so, you don't need to use pccardd. > > > FreeBSD 5.x uses a completely different driver for all of the pccard > > > stuff that supports most laptops. Only some older non-cardbus laptops > > > need the OLDCARD stuff that uses pccardd IIRC. > > > > Okay, thanks; but how can I automatically run ifconfig when I attach a > > card? > > This is now handled by devd. See /etc/devd.conf for the attach and > detach. Basically, it calls pccard_ether to startx the device and that > does most of the work. Added, custom setup comes from start_if.int, just > as is done in V4. And devd should already be setup by default to setup your interface out of the box as long as you add an ifconfig_foo0 line to /etc/rc.conf. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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