pccards

[Patrick Bowen]

M. Warner Losh wrote:

>In message: <4382707E.1090001 at fastmail.fm>
>            Patrick Bowen <pbowen at fastmail.fm> writes:
>: Robert Fitzpatrick wrote:
>: >I am trying FreeBSD 6.0 on my laptop since reading of wireless
>: >capabilities. I have a D-Link DWL-AG650 card and see the card below in
>: >my /etc/defaults/pccard.conf:
>: >
>: ># D Link DWL-650 11Mbps WLAN Card
>: >card "D" "Link DWL-650 11Mbps WLAN Card"
>: >        config  auto "wi" ?
>: >        insert  /etc/pccard_ether $device start
>: >        remove  /etc/pccard_ether $device stop
>: >
>: >It is missing the AG, but so close I was hoping to get it going. I have
>: >pccard_enable="YES" in my rc.conf and see the following in dmesg
>: >whenever I plug in the card:
>: >
>: >cardbus1: <network, ethernet> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
>: >
>: >I guess this means this card will not work? If so, anyone suggest a way
>: >to get it working? I ask this because I found the following post that
>: >sounds like someone did have theirs working, but I do not see an ath0:
>: >
>: >http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=265162+0
>: >+archive/2004/freebsd-mobile/20040118.freebsd-mobile
>: >
>: >--
>: >Robert
>: >
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>: >  
>: >
>: Hi Robert;
>: 
>: I'd suggest adding the "AG" in the appropriate place in pccard.conf and
>: rebooting, and see what happens. I added an entry for my SMC2532W-B that
>: was identical to the entry for the SMC2632, and have been using it
>: without problems for the last year, in 4.7, 5.4, and -current.
>
>pccard.conf is not used on 6.0.  Changing this file will have 0
>effect, I can 100% guarantee it. :-)
>
>Warner
>
>  
>
Warner;

Or -current either, apparently. I renamed my pccard.conf to 
pccard.conf.bak and things still work fine.

Thanks for pointing out my error.

Patrick