Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 04:32:06 -0800 From: Woody Poolson <woody@nosloop.com> To: Scott Mitchell <s.mitchell@computer.org> Cc: FreeBSD Laptoppers <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: fast card recommendation Message-ID: <381D8846.B1700A95@nosloop.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910291146040.1841-100000@defiant.quansoo.com> <3819C808.3C40A089@nosloop.com> <19991030211916.52249@lungfish.freeserve.co.uk>
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> > I have a Xircom Realport 56K 10/100 combo card (no dongles to deal with) > > and would love to use it on my Sony VAIO running 3.3.3-RELEASE. > > > > What driver should I use and can anyone help with syntax for the > > pccard.conf? I have seen that it uses the "tulip" drivers on LINUX. It > > shows up under Windows initially as a DEC 21140 chipset. > > Really? Is this the PCMCIA or CardBus RealPort. It makes a big > difference: the PCMCIA version uses some Xircom proprietary silicon that > I've written a driver for; I'd heard that the CardBus version used someone > else's hardware, seems it's the DEC part... PCMCIA yes. It is the 16bit card. It shows up initially as the DEC chipset under Win98 before you load its own drivers... > If you've got the PCMCIA model, the driver homepage is at > http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~scott/xe_drv/ > and there's an archive of the mailing list at: > http://www.lovett.com/lists/freebsd-xircom/ Thank you! Woody To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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