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Date:      Sun, 21 Feb 1999 12:23:24 -0500
From:      Nathan Dorfman <nathan@rtfm.net>
To:        Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@execmail.ca>
Cc:        Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: CardBus Support (was:  support for 3Com 3C575 network controller?)
Message-ID:  <19990221122324.A8721@rtfm.net>
In-Reply-To: <EXECMAIL.990220200217.J@ht46l.execmail.ca>; from Lyndon Nerenberg on Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 08:02:17PM %2B0000
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902152147260.50628-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> <Pine.OSF.4.02.9902151347580.27708-100000@fly.HiWAAY.net> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902152147260.50628-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> <EXECMAIL.990220200217.J@ht46l.execmail.ca>

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On Sat, Feb 20, 1999 at 08:02:17PM +0000, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote:
> I've been trying to get some progamming doc out of TI for 
> the PCI1200 PCI/Cardbus bridge (used in the Dell Inspiron 
> 7000), however they cannot seem to understand that I'm not 
> asking for a pre-written device driver :-(
> 
> Does anyone out there have doc for the PCI1200 (and 
> preferably the entire PCI12xx family) they could send me? 
> Or have a knowledgable contact inside TI that could send 
> same to me?

While CardBus isn't supported, this controller (in my Fujitsu Lifebook 280dx)
works with PAO because the PCI<->CardBus bridge supposedly uses some kind
of Intel-compatible mode. I've been unable to get it to work under stock
pccard without PAO (look at my post to -hackers yesterday), but it worked
with PAO without a hitch.

> --lyndon

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