From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 22 23:46:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA23019 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 22 Mar 1998 23:46:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA22951 for ; Sun, 22 Mar 1998 23:46:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id XAA12775; Sun, 22 Mar 1998 23:46:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 23:46:27 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Ben Hockenhull cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCMCIA Ethernet Compatibility In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 21 Mar 1998, Ben Hockenhull wrote: > I'm getting a laptop, and will be installing FreeBSD on it so I can get > some work done. I've been reading up on FreeBSD and PAO, but have a few > questions. > > It seems that the stock FreeBSD 2.2.5 non-PAO kernel has PCMCIA and APM > support built in. If true, what does PAO get me? Better power management? > A wider range of PCMCIA support? PAO adds several device drivers and much more detailed support for various PCCARD controllers. > Also, I want to get a 3Com 3C575-TX Fast Etherlink XL 10/100 PCMCIA > adapter. My chosen laptop supports CardBus and I already have a PCMCIA > modem, so the 10/100 capability is a plus. Is this card at all supported? It looks like PAO doesn't do CardBus as of yet. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message