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From: pusateri@macbeth.cs.duke.edu (Thomas Pusateri)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: PCMCIA & ethernet?
Date: 29 Jun 1995 21:42:27 -0400
Organization: Duke University Computer Science Dept.; Durham, N.C.
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References: <clintdw-2506951513210001@nb-dyna24.interaccess.com> <JKH.95Jun26013314@whisker.internet-eireann.ie> <3sppem$t9e@gap.cco.caltech.edu>
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In article <3sppem$t9e@gap.cco.caltech.edu> Ching Shih <shih> writes:
>jkh@whisker.internet-eireann.ie (Jordan K. Hubbard) wrote:
>>In article <clintdw-2506951513210001@nb-dyna24.interaccess.com> clintdw@interaccess.com (Clinton D. Wong) writes:
>
>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.

I have been using the 3c589B Combo in a Midwest Micro Pentium-90 with
2.0-950422 snap release. I too have only got 10 Base T working but
I just got the programming manual from 3com and so I intend on fixing
the driver to autodetect the transceiver type.

I first had a problem getting the driver to work at all and after getting
the CL-PD672x PCMCIA chipset manual and looking at the Linux driver, I
found that I had to slow the PCMCIA access down because of the pentium.
Once I set some registers in the PCMCIA chip in the if_zp driver, it worked
like a champ. I guess I should send these diffs in but I think we'll need
a config file option since its only a problem with Pentium's and the CL-PD672x.

My laptop was sent back for battery charger repair (sadness) but as soon
as it comes back, I'll probably work on the 3c589 driver.

By the way, I have X11R6 working and its a fantastic setup. I compile the
entire kernel in 8 minutes (16 MB ram, 720MB hard disk). I bought it for
Gated development and have been very pleased with both the laptop and FreeBSD.

Tom