Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 20:50:19 -0600 (GMT-06:00) From: Sean Welch <welchsm@earthlink.net> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.2-RELEASE pleasant surprise on Dell Inspiron 8000 Message-ID: <15907477.1074048619454.JavaMail.root@statler.psp.pas.earthlink.net>
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Ah -- that clears the confusion. Thanks! Sean -----Original Message----- From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Sent: Jan 13, 2004 8:37 PM To: Sean Welch <Sean_Welch@alum.wofford.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.2-RELEASE pleasant surprise on Dell Inspiron 8000 On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 05:59:26PM -0600, Sean Welch wrote: > A point of confusion -- I did not add pccard_enable to my rc.conf file yet > my cards all mount up and work?? I checked /etc/defaults/rc.conf and it > appears that the default is still to not enable them unless explicitly noted > in /etc/rc.conf... The old pccard_enable option controls pccardd which is only used with OLDCARD. NEWCARD is now the default and does not require a daemon to handle attaching drivers to devices. If you want automagic configuration of your devices (say using ifconfig), devd is what you want to run these days. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4
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