Subject: Re: jornada 720 status
To: Emmanuel Dreyfus <manu@netbsd.org>
From: Herb Peyerl <hpeyerl@beer.org>
List: port-hpcarm
Date: 03/06/2002 16:17:20
manu@netbsd.org (Emmanuel Dreyfus)  wrote:
 > I'm considering the jornada for replacing a laptop I currently use for
 > configuring various network devices, but I'd like to know what works and
 > what doesn't work on it.
 > 
 > It seems NetBSD needs winCE to boot, but does NetBSD uses the built-in
 > console and keyboard? Or does it only uses serial?
 > 
 > What plug do we have for the serial connector? 
 > 
 > What about network? Is it possible to connect somehow to an ethernet
 > network?
 > 
 > And is there any plan to boot without winCE?

I've used at least the following network interfaces:

- 3Com 3csomething 10/100
- Lucent Orinoco Gold
- Novatelwireless Merlin CDPD
- Novatelwireless Merlin GPRS

My Xircom Netwave (cnw) doesn't work.  It gets command timeouts.