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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.bhp.com.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.com!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!venus.sun.com!wnoc-sfc-news!kogwy!hosokawa From: hosokawa@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp (HOSOKAWA Tatsumi) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD on laptop: suggestions wanted Date: 9 Apr 1996 14:37:59 GMT Organization: Tokoro Laboratory, Keio University, Yokohama Japan. Lines: 203 Message-ID: <4kdso7$qh3@kogwy.cc.keio.ac.jp> References: <315ED941.41C67EA6@oz.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: beretta.mt.cs.keio.ac.jp Dnas-Posting-Host: leinlein.mt.cs.keio.ac.jp X-Newsreader: gn + gnspool [Version 1.31 OCT.1,1994 (Unix)] Hi! I'm the coordinator/programmer of FreeBSD PC-card package project. In article <315ED941.41C67EA6@oz.com> mitch@oz.com writes: >> I know there are issues with PCMCIA cards, so I am looking for >> suggestions on which Ethernet, Modem, or combo cards to get. I >> have a Xircom which I used in another laptop (TI-4000m) which worked >> fine under Win95, but I could never get it completely working under >> FreeBSD. Sorry, we won't support Xircom's card. Multifunction card support is one of our next topic. 3Com, Megahertz and APEX's cards will be the target (But we have none of them. There's somebody who will rent me the APEX's multifunction card, so I'll hack it later). This is SUPPORTED.CARDS file of the next release (pccard-test-9604xx) of our PC-card package. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Current Status ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Type Card Status Driver ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ethernet 3Com Etherlink III 3C589 OK nep 3Com Etherlink III 3C589B OK nep 3Com Etherlink III 3C589C OK nep Accton EN2212 OK ed Contec C-NET(PC)C OK fe Dayna Communications CommuniCard E OK ed Farallon EtherMac OK nep Fujitsu FMV-J181 OK fe Fujitsu FMV-J182 OK fe Fujitsu FMV-J182A OK fe GVC NIC-2000P Ethernet Card OK ed Hitachi HT-4840-11 OK fe IC-card Ethernet OK ed IBM Creditcard Ethernet I OK ed IBM Creditcard Ethernet II OK ed Megahertz Ethernet Adapter OK sn Megahertz X-Jack Ethernet OK sn Melco LPC-T OK ed NextCom J Link NC5310 OK fe PLANET Smart Com 2000 OK ed PLANET Smart Com 3500 OK ed TDK LAK-CD021 OK fe TDK LAK-CD021A OK fe FAX/Modem Virtually all modem card should work sio *2 (but it still does not work on some machines...) Alpha-testers reported that they can use the following cards. AIWA PV-JF288 OK sio APEX DATA Mobile Plus V.34 OK sio Dell Dacom Modem/FAX V32.bis OK sio Fujitsu FMV-JMD712 OK sio GATEWAY2000 MODEM OK sio Hayes OPTIMA 144 OK sio Hayes OPTIMA 288 V.34 OK sio IBM Push/Pop Modem OK sio Megahertz XJ1144 OK sio Megahertz XJ2144 OK sio Megahertz XJ2144 Gold OK sio Megahertz XJ2144 (JP) OK sio Megahertz XJ2288 OK sio Megahertz XJ3288 (JP) OK sio NewMedia FAX/Modem 14.4K OK sio Novalink NovaModem 144 OK sio OMRON ME2814 Fax/Modem OK sio OMRON MD24XCA Fax/Modem OK sio Panasonic CF-JMD101 OK sio Panasonic TO-CAF288 OK sio PREMAX FM288 OK sio TDK DF1414 OK sio TDK DF1414EX OK sio TDK DF2814B/M OK sio US Robotics Sportster PCMCIA V.34 OK sio *3 US Robotics COURIER PCMCIA V.34 OK sio *3 ISDN BUG Linkboy D64K OK sio Digital Cellular NTT DoCoMo DATA/FAX Adapter OK sio SCSI Adaptec SlimSCSI APA-1460 OK aic NewMedia BusToaster OK aic RATOC REX-5535AC OK spc RATOC REX-5535AMC OK spc RATOC REX-5535X OK spc RATOC REX-5535XM OK spc RATOC REX-9821 OK spc Flash ATA Virtually all Flash ATA card should work wdc Alpha-testers reported that they can use the following cards. Epson Flash Packer 5MB OK wdc Epson Flash Packer 20MB OK wdc Epson Flash Packer 40MB OK wdc HP F1012A OK wdc Midori Elec. Fast Flash OK wdc SunDisk SPD5-5 OK wdc SunDisk SPD5-20 OK wdc SunDisk SPD-40 OK wdc ATA HDD Virtually all ATA HDD card should work wdc Alpha-testers reported that they can use the following cards. Maxtor MobileMax MXL131 OK wdc Mitsubishi M6887-3 170MB OK wdc ATAPI CD-ROM DEC Digital Mobile Media OK wdc *4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *1 Only works on 2.2-SNAP. *2 Some cards or laptops needs modifications to /etc/pccard.conf, and some combinations of cards and laptops do not work. *3 But, there are also some reports that US Robotics Modem cards can't be used with this package. *4 This CD-ROM has PCIC in it, so it can't be hotplugged. And, ATAPI CDROM is supported by 2.2-SNAP only. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- These are most of supported Ethernet cards of Linux PCMCIA package and the cards whose chipset is supported by current FreeBSD PC-Card package. I think that most of these cards should work and I've already written configurations for some of them in /etc/pccard.conf in this package, but they are not tested. If you have (or your friend has :-)) these cards, please test them and e-mail me (hosokawa@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp) the result WHETHER THEY WORK OR NOT!!! If you can't use these card with this package, send me the following data. 1. Name of the card 2. Name of the chipset the card uses (if you can know that) 3. The result of "pccardc dumpcis" 4. The result of "pccardc rdattr 0 0 10000" (if you inserted card into second slot, it's "pccardc rdattr 1 0 10000") 5. Your /etc/pccard.conf Please put "[pccard-test]" on the head of the "Subject:" to pick it up easily. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Type Card Status Driver ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ethernet Accton EN2216 EtherCard ? ed Allied Telesis Ethernet Card ? ed AST 1082 Ethernet ? ed CNet CN30BC Ethernet Card ? ed CNet CN40BC Ethernet Card ? ed DataTrek NetCard ? ed Digital DEPCM-BA Ethernet ? ed D-Link DE-650 Ethernet Card ? ed Edimax Ethernet Combo ? ed EFA InfoExpress SPT EFA 205 10baseT ? ed Eiger Labs EPX-ET10T2 Combo ? ed EP-210 Ethernet Card ? ed Epson EEN10B Ethernet Card ? ed Farallon Etherwave ? ed Genius ME3000II Ethernet ? ed Grey Cell GCS2220 Ethernet Card ? ed Hitachi HT-4840-10 ? fe Hypertec HyperEnet ? ed Infotel IN650ct Ethernet ? ed National Semiconductor InfoMover 4100 ? ed Katron PE-520 Ethernet Card ? ed Kingston KNE-PCM/x Ethernet ? ed LANEED Ethernet ? ed Linksys Ethernet Card ? ed Maxtech PCN2000 Ethernet ? ed NDC Instant-Link ? ed Network General "Sniffer" ? ed RATOC REX-5585 Ethernet ? fe RATOC REX-5588 Ethernet ? fe PreMax PE-200 Ethernet Card ? ed Proteon Ethernet ? ed RPTI EP400 Ethernet Card ? ed SCM Ethernet Combo ? ed Thomas-Conrad Ethernet ? ed Trust Ethernet Combo ? ed Volktek Ethernet ? ed ----------------------------------------------------------------------- These cards work, but they have serious problems ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Type Card Status Driver ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ethernet Socket EA LAN Adapter NG ed (Broken CIS and broken DMA status register, it hangs up on heavy traffic) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- HOSOKAWA, Tatsumi E-mail: hosokawa@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp WWW homepage: http://www.mt.cs.keio.ac.jp/person/hosokawa.html Department of Computer Science, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan