Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 14:39:54 +0100 From: Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@bart.nl> To: Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cardbus and FXP Message-ID: <19991122143954.U22782@lucifer.bart.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911220503330.24915-100000@moo.sysabend.org>; from ragnar@sysabend.org on Mon, Nov 22, 1999 at 05:07:26AM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911220503330.24915-100000@moo.sysabend.org>
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-On [19991122 14:15], Jamie Bowden (ragnar@sysabend.org) wrote: > >I asked on -mobile, but didn't get an answer, so now I'm asking here. I >Have a Dell Latitude CPiR, and am thinking about getting the Intel cardbus >82559 based ethercard for this machine. What I want to know is, once >cardbus is rolled into 3.x, or when 4.x is fianlly release, will the FXP >driver be rolled into the cardbus framework for support of this card? > >I really don't want to buy the 3c589c just for ether on this box, I prefer >the intel cards, and am willing to wait. Considering the amount of work Warner(imp) still has to do on the cardbus support I sincerely doubt he will be able to get it done for 4.0. Work IS underway though. And when the support is there, adding drivers into that framework shouldn't be a problem. But that's my idea/opinion and I may be totally off here. Cheers, -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven Network- and systemadministrator <asmodai@bart.nl> bART Internet Services / Tel: +31 - (0) 10 - 240 39 70 VIA NET.WORKS Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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