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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!news.duke.edu!convex!grefen From: grefen@convex.com (Stefan Grefen) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: PCMCIA Modems/FreeBSD Date: 15 Jun 1994 09:01:00 GMT Organization: CONVEX Computer Corp, Richardson, TX USA Lines: 30 Message-ID: <2tmg0c$kba@convex.convex.com> References: <CrEK9G.234F@austin.ibm.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: hydra.convex.com Keywords: PCMCIA In article <CrEK9G.234F@austin.ibm.com>, Jim Wylder(5676) <wylder@austin.ibm.com> wrote: >I have read the FAQ's and I know that FreeBSD 1.1 does not support PCMCIA, >but... I have PCMCIA support up and running for EThernet & Megahertz Modem for NetBSD-current (well a month old but going to current over the weekend I hope). I've send the first release to someone working on FreeBSD. I'll send out the actual version (now working with Megahertz modems) today. > >I don't know anything about PCMCIA but want to buy a modem for a laptop >on which I run FreeBSD 1.1. Do PCMCIA modems need drivers to work or >do they operation on the same int and use the same io addresses as the com >ports? Both, you have to configure the card and after that the normal driver do the work. > >Really I am asking if a PCMCIA modem will work with BSD. I guess so, NetBSD can, I'm using it right now ... you can get the source and the rest is up to you, or wait until someone else has finished his port. Stefan > >-- >Jim Wylder wylder@austin.ibm.com Phone: (512)838-8789 -- Stefan Grefen Convex Computer GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany grefen@convex.com Phone: +49-69-665270