Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 11:27:01 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: "Brian T. Schellenberger - Personal Account" <babbleon@mercury.interpath.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Working PCMCIA/CD-ROM/Modem/ethernet? Message-ID: <199610131727.LAA27376@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199610131641.MAA18476@mercury.interpath.com> References: <199610131641.MAA18476@mercury.interpath.com>
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I changed the distribution: to 'freebsd-mobile', since that's where the mobile folks hang out. :) > I have a laptop. Not wanting to repeat earlier mistakes, I want to > get a PCMCIA cards and devices that will WORK with my o/s of choice > without having to go to a lot of extra bother. For ethernet, the 3Com 3C589 series are your best bet. For modems, most of the modems cards work. > I have a "one Type III or two type II" PCMCIA on my machine, a > Prostar 9400. > > Questions . . . > > - Are there differences in PCMCIA slots on the machine that might > possibly render the FreeBSD drivers unusable regardless? Possibly, but recent Nomad snapshots have added support for newer (unsupported) cards. I haven't integrated the code yet, but I promise to get to it before Christmas. :) > - If so, how can I find out if they wil work? Try out the boot floppy in the machine. If it recognizes the cards it works. :) > - What versions of FreeBSD support what cards? -current and SNAPS support some of the cards, and the Nomad boot floppy supports even more (although a future SNAP will hopefully support most of the Nomad cards at some point). > And, most centrally, > > - I'd like to know of the exact brands being used by anybody who is > actually running FreeBSD (preferably production versions) with a > PCMCIA card or cards with the following devices attached: > - CD-ROM (essential) I've heard that the EIDE driver works with the built-in CD's. I've got a Sony external, but there isn't a driver for it. You might be able to hook an external CD to the Adaptect SLIM-SCSI card (supported by the Nomad code but not yet the FreeBSD -current code), but I haven't heard anything one way or the other. > - 28.8 modem I know of folks using Megahertz X-Jack. Someday I'm going to actually try getting my Motorola working, but up till now I have need for a modem. I'm sure it would be trivial to get it to work (as with any modem card). > - ethernet 3Com cards are known performers. Nate
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