Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 13:19:11 +0100 From: "Jan C. Meyer" <janchris@stud.ntnu.no> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Subject: Re: RTL8139 Cardbus Card fails to activate Message-ID: <200412111319.11757.janchris@stud.ntnu.no> In-Reply-To: <44hdmu3sky.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <20041209074943.GA32126@alzatex.com> <Pine.GSO.4.58.0412101744290.23870@panter.stud.ntnu.no> <44hdmu3sky.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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On Friday 10 December 2004 19:40, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Jan Christian Meyer <janchris@stud.ntnu.no> writes: > > On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > > Separate parts of the system? Hardware discovery and Cardbus? > > > Those seem about as closely related as any two features could be... > > > > I don't find this to be obvious at all, but it's good that someone does. > > May I trouble you to shed some light on the matter, or provide me with a > > reference? > > What's unclear, exactly? That hardware discovery and Cardbus > functionality are closely related? Or some specific aspect > of one of those? Attempting to phrase what confuses me as succinctly as I might: - If ACPI is responsible for managing the detection and attachment of my network card, why does the card work when ACPI is disabled? - If ACPI is not responsible for managing my card, how/why is it able to interfere with said card's operation? Kind regards, -Jan Christian
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