Subject: Re: pcmcia-compact flash adapter
To: None <mattias@beauty.se>
From: M. Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
List: port-hpcmips
Date: 07/19/2005 13:30:57
In message: <94fFXlDU.1121269052.2388910.mattsand@mail.mattias.nu>
            "Mattias Sandstrom" <mattias@beauty.se> writes:
: 
: On 7/13/2005, "come se fosse antani" <antani@gmail.com> wrote:
: >Ever for my (incoming) z50(see previous post), I would to know if all
: >the pcmcia-cf adapter are working under netbsd
: 
: i'm pretty sure such adapters are purely physical with no logic or even
: any electronics in them. the electrical interface is the same. think of
: cf as a smaller form factor version of pcmcia. so yes, they are all
: supported.

You are correct.  CF <-> PC Card adapters are just wires (and in some
cases minor passive components).  The electrical interface is the
same.  However, you may find that some CF cards only work in systems
that support 3.3V cards.  The CF to PC Card adapters, btw, do
eliminate a few I/O lines (well, CF has fewer of them), but that
usually doesn't matter...

Warner