Date: Sat Aug 25 10:44:34 MDT 2001 From: grpeters@hushmail.com To: jedgar@fxp.org Cc: freebsd-mobile@freeBSD.org Subject: Re: installing PAO Message-ID: <200108251640.f7PGeYn98885@mailserver1.hushmail.com>
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Thanks for your quick response.
>> I have installed FreeBSD on an older laptop, and I am trying to get
>> the system to recognize my Linksys EtherFast 10/100 NIC.
>>
>
>What version of FreeBSD?
4.0
>
>> When I insert the card, I receive the error:
>> No card in database for "Linksys" ("EtherFast 10/100 Integrated PC Card (PCM100)"
>>
>> Checking in pccard.conf confirms that there is no entry for this card.
>
>PCM100 support appears to have been added to FreeBSD 4.x on
>May 27 04:52:48 2000 UTC and has been included in every 4.x release
>except 4.0. You may want to grab the latest release (FreeBSD 4.3)
>or a -stable snapshot and try. In addition, there are a few web pages
>describing the installation gotchas for laptop installs (check the
>list archives).
>
>> I have tried creating an entry for this card, but to no avail. So, I
>> am attempting to install PAO, which apparently includes support for
>> the Linksys PCM100 card.
>>
>
>AFAIK, PAO has not been updated for later 4.x releases since most of
>its functionality has been integrated (with the possible exception of
>cardbus support which is being developed in 5.0-CURRENT).
I would have thought that, if the PAO pcmcia support was so important for
laptops, that it would have been integrated as well. Can anyone clear this up?
Thanks,
Graham
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