>On Wed, 29 Jul 1998 09:27:58 -0700 (MST)
> Scott Glasgow <sglasgow@rupp.com> wrote:
>
> > I've got the PCMCIA support compiled into the kernel and it recognizes the
> > modem card I have, but any commands sent to the modem are apparently
> > ignord. So I take it as of NetBSD-current, PCMCIA is not fully implemented
> > or has anyone gotten cards to work? I did get a device not configured
> > although I did run MAKEDEV. I did not check the MAKEDEV to make sure it
> > had entries for pcic0 and pcic1 or maybe it just needs pcmcia0 and
> > pcmcia1?
>
>The device would be ttyC*, I believe.  Please e-mail me the output of
>dmesg (CC it to the list, too).
>
>Like I said, I don't know how to get the interrupts wired up properly,
>yet... but I will try and spend some time on it soon.

Hmm...this has me curious now...I have an AlphaStation 200 which came with
a PCMCIA card reader (dual type-2) & because my wife's got a laptop, I've
got a couple PC cards sitting around (a modem & an EtherNet). When I got
the Alpha, I don't think that PC card support was in yet...but I recently
saw that a PCMCIA card was supported in the ISA list. What has me curious,
though is that in the list, it mentions an Intel i82365-based card, whereas
the one that came with my Alpha has a chip from Vadem...all #'s on it being:
VG-469
A112        c 1993
82002550
A5D2185
9615


Is this compatible with the Intel card? If so...then I'm curious as to how
it would know what /dev entry to associate itself with. Jason just
mentioned that Scott should use a ttyC* value for his modem card....but
what about an EtherNet card? Would all PC cards be using the ttyC* device,
or would it depend on the exact card inserted? Are both slots supported if
I decided to put two cards in at once? Do the slots have to be filled upon
boot, or can they be autodetected, or is detection unnecessary (i.e. will
it just try to write to ttyC* & if there's no card, then it'd effectively
be writing to /dev/null). If I were to use the EtherNet card...could I use
IP-NAT to route between two separate EtherNet networks and the InterNet,
such that everyone can see everyone else...or would I have to start using
something like routed for my intranet? (the last part would basically be
used to add 1 more computer to my home lan w/o using a hub...using separate
NICs each connected via a crossover cable).


Sorry for my rambling and thank you for any info.

Mike

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