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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!gatech!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!fnnews.fnal.gov!nntp-server.caltech.edu!news From: Ching Shih <shih> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: PCMCIA & ethernet? Date: 27 Jun 1995 20:24:54 GMT Organization: HEP Caltech Lines: 26 Message-ID: <3sppem$t9e@gap.cco.caltech.edu> References: <clintdw-2506951513210001@nb-dyna24.interaccess.com> <JKH.95Jun26013314@whisker.internet-eireann.ie> NNTP-Posting-Host: cithe312.cithep.caltech.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; AIX 2) To: jkh@whisker.internet-eireann.ie X-URL: news:JKH.95Jun26013314@whisker.internet-eireann.ie jkh@whisker.internet-eireann.ie (Jordan K. Hubbard) wrote: >In article <clintdw-2506951513210001@nb-dyna24.interaccess.com> clintdw@interaccess.com (Clinton D. Wong) writes: > > But with FreeBSD 2.0.5, is this built in? Does it work with all laptops > with PCMCIA? Is there a PCMCIA ethernet card that is particularly good (or > bad) to use with FreeBSD? And is it stable... or still very beta? > >The answer is that there's _limited_ support for PCMCIA in FreeBSD >2.0.5, with 2 ethernet cards supported by ze and zp drivers. I use a >National Semiconductor "Infomover" card myself and it works a charm in >my Toshiba T1910 laptop. I've also used it in 3 other laptops of >varying manufacture and they also work just fine. > >Work is currently ongoing to deal with the modem cards next and >there's some stuff currently in BETA test. Ask in hackers@freebsd.org >and the author will undoubtedly be happy to send you the patches. > > Jordan I am using a 3C589 card in my T1950CT. It works great with 10 BaseT. It didn't work with thin-wide. I don't know if it's problem with my card or with the driver. But anyway, 3C589 10 BaseT works under the 2.0.5. Ching Shih shih@cithe312.cithep.caltech.edu