Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 08:41:46 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Eli Lazich <elazich@loopback.com> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PAO 2.2.5 Message-ID: <199711231541.IAA20712@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971123091730.27296A-100000@capricorn.loopback.com> References: <199711230605.XAA19910@mt.sri.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.971123091730.27296A-100000@capricorn.loopback.com>
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> OK, I understand all of this, now that prompts the question of how in > 2.2.5 you build the kernel to support PCMCIA. As I stated in earlier email, the FreeBSD boot floppy doesn't have generic PCMCIA support, but has support for 2 specific ethernet cards, which are serviced by zp/ze. > I found the GENERIC kernel > with the PCMCIA lines commented out, tried to build and got an error > because the generic (ze0/zp0) devices were still left in. Right, you can't mix the 'specific card' driver and 'generic PCMCIA' support. > I then tried to rebuild with those devices commented out to no avail. > I got an error toward the end of the make on the new kernel referring > to scsi drivers not being configured (I'll have to try again to get > the exact error messages). Because of this confusion, in the next releases of FreeBSD there are now 'PCCARD' config files that contain laptop support kernels. If you upgrade to 2.2.5-STABLE (post 2.2.5), that config file will exist which should give you a better idea what is supported in FreeBSD, as well as much better laptop support. > OOnce I get the new kernel built, where do valid pccard.conf and > pccard_ether etc... files get created. They are in /usr/src/etc, and must be edited/installed in /etc. (Some are already, but I believe pccard.conf is installed as pccard.conf.sample). Nate
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