Re: Support D-Link DWL-650+ Cardbus on FreeBSD 4.x ?

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            John Baldwin <[email protected]> writes:
: 
: On 30-Jul-2002 M. Warner Losh wrote:
: > In message: <[email protected]>
: >             Kirill Bezzubets <[email protected]> writes:
: >: On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 01:54:19AM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote:
: >: 
: >: > : > Cardbus isnt supported in 4.x
: >: > : > you need to run -current if you want Cardbus support.
: >: > : Does this mean that _ANY_ CardBus card (most of modern PCCards)
: >: > : will not work under 4.x? Or it will in some compatibility mode?
: >: > No.  CardBus cards do not have some funky compatibiltiy mode that will
: >: > save you.  They don't work in -stable.
: >: 
: >: <TI PCI-1131 PCI-CardBus Bridge>
: >: <PC Card bus (classic)>
: >: 
: >: Hmmm... Then, could you explain what words above mean?
: > 
: > It means that 32-bit cardbus *CARDS* do not work on -stable.  CardBus
: > bridges with 16-bit cards, work just fine.
: 
: Unfortunately the "Card bus" part is confusing, maybe:
: 
: <PC Card Slot (classic)>
: 
: would make it less ambiguous?

Maybe, maybe not.  I guess people don't expect the pedantic CardBus
for 32-bit cards....

Warner

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