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From: tjevans@hotmail.com (Thomas Evans)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD (current) good for Laptops?
Date: 07 Dec 1996 15:59:37 -0500
Organization: TCP/IP development
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> Hmm..  If you have old kernel, pleas try to add 0x10 at the end of
> config line of your Ethernet card's entry of /etc/pccard.conf.
> 
> For example,
> 
> 	card "IBM Corp\." "Ethernet"
> 	        config  default "ed0" any
> 	        ether   0xff0 08:00:5a 00:04:ac
> 
> to, 
> 
> 	card "IBM Corp\." "Ethernet"
> 	        config  default "ed0" any 0x10
> 	        ether   0xff0 08:00:5a 00:04:ac





I was using the 2.1.6 kernel which just came out, is it old already ;-)
Before I try the extra parm, can you briefly explain what it does?
thx, Tom

  
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Tom Evans 
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