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Date:      Thu, 11 Jun 1998 14:24:06 -0600
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        Jim Binkley <jrb@cse.ogi.edu>
Cc:        Kurt Joseph Windisch <kurtw@network-services.uoregon.edu>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: WaveLAN PCMCIA for 2.2.6-RELEASE? 
Message-ID:  <199806112024.OAA16075@mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <199806111927.MAA01473@church.cse.ogi.edu>
References:  <199806111825.LAA07045@peabody.> <199806111927.MAA01473@church.cse.ogi.edu>

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> >Is there a way to drive a WaveLAN PCCARD from FreeBSD 2.2.6 w/o 
> >using the PAO patches (which cause too many other problems on my
> >Digital Hinote Ultra 2000).  I can get 2.2.6-RELEASE to do everything
> >I need except WaveLAN.  There is a driver, but it looks like it only
> >supports isa cards, not PCMCIA.  Are there patches that don't rely on PAO?
>
> Basically no,  the if_wlp.c driver is ensnarled in the PAO.  
> It needs liberation IMHO because there are features that it should
> support (figuring out dynamically if it is 2.4 or 915, and also
> dealing with 2.4 subchannels), that it doesn't.  

Cool.  I'm not up to this task though.  If I made it possible to use
w/out PAO, would you be willing to take it further?




Nate

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