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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au!news.apana.org.au!cantor.edge.net.au!news.teragen.com.au!news.access.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!news.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!csulb.edu!news.sgi.com!news1.best.com!nntp1.ba.best.com!nntp2.ba.best.com!not-for-mail From: Marco S Hyman <marc@dumbcat.codewright.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: PCMCIA support for NetBSD ? Date: 03 Mar 1997 11:24:24 -0800 Organization: codewright Lines: 25 Message-ID: <x7sp2cwzh3.fsf@dumbcat.codewright.com> References: <5fdl7c$2bg@nuscc.nus.sg> NNTP-Posting-Host: dumbcat.codewright.com X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5556 eng30292@leonis.nus.sg (FOO CHUN CHOONG) writes: > Hi, does NetBSD support PCMCIA cards? > How do I configure NetBSD to support PCMCIA cards? There are a set of unsupported patches available. Actually there are two sets -- one that includes APM and PCMCIA support that applies to 1.2 and another that adds PCMCIA support to current (current has APM support built in). A boot floppy image is also provided that knows PCMCIA. This is NOT generic PCMCIA support, but does include support for modems and some common ethernet cards. Install using the boot floppy, grab the source, apply the patches, then generate your custome kernel. A sample PCMCIA configuration file is part of the patches. The 1.2 patch kit can be obtained from: http://ftp.sunet.se:80/pub/unix/NetBSD/arch/i386/apm+pcmcia/apm+pcmcia-for-1.2/ Other options: Linux, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD 2.0 support some PCMCIA cards. I've been told that Linux has the best PCMCIA support but I've never used it. // marc