From owner-freebsd-mobile Sun Jan 18 21:28:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA26039 for freebsd-mobile-outgoing; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 21:28:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from word.smith.net.au (vh1.gsoft.com.au [203.38.152.122]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA26021 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 21:27:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA01191; Mon, 19 Jan 1998 15:23:30 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199801190453.PAA01191@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Nate Williams cc: Mike Smith , David Kulp , mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Advice on cardbus/pcmcia needed In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 18 Jan 1998 21:13:05 PDT." <199801190413.VAA02279@mt.sri.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 15:23:29 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > > CL PD6832 (same as added by Ted Faber), TI PCI-1130, and TI PCI-1131 > > > chipsets are currently supported. (I can't find any of these devices > > > mentioned in the list of supported hardware for either PAO or FBSD, so > > > I don't know what type of cards these are.) > > > > They're not; they're interface chipsets found in laptops. > > On certain laptops, you can set the BIOS to have the CardBus controller > 'emulate' a PCMCIA controller w/out requiring any OS support. I know of > a couple of folks running their CardBus machines under FreeBSD w/out PAO > or explicity CardBus emulation code. Like me, for example? The controller in this machine (Toshiba 220CDS) is one such. > > > OK, given this information, is it possible for my Toshiba to currently run > > > (reliably) any Ethernet cards, and if so, what card is recommended, what's > > > the best way to migrate to the necessary OS version, and do I need PAO? > > > > - FreeBSD-current can't help you unless you can convince your chipset > > to run in a PCCARD-compatible mode. TSETUP may give you this option. > > TSETUP? The Toshiba setup program. One major downside to these machines is that there is no setup code in the BIOS. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\