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Date:  Tue, 27 Dec 05 14:54:58 -0500
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From:  "R. Geoffrey Newbury" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  "os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
Subject: [OS2Wireless] newbie questions

On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 22:35:48 -0600, Sam Lewis wrote:

>mepe@northpole-net.net wrote:
>
>>>Does 
>>>OS/2 recognize your PCMCIA chipset?  I had to install Cardbus 8 which is 
>>>available on ecomstation.com.
>>>    
>>>
>>
>>Actually, I had some trouble with that awhile back (with Warp4) but I don't remember what it was.  I guess it would be a good idea to insure that the basic PCMCIA substrate works first, huh?
>>  
>>
>
>That would probably be best.  You should be able to do a selective 
>install and see what it detects as your PCMCIA chipset.  On my Dell I 
>don't think it detected anything.  So I installed Card Bus 8 and tried 
>all of the Socket Service drivers until I found one that worked.  I'm 
>not even sure where I got the driver that worked.  But since you have an 
>older laptop it should be easier I would think.

You should also understand that cardbus cards are different animals under
OS/2. A xircom cardbus network card does NOT need pcmcia and socket
services to work. I only load the cbe ndis driver for my 10/100 nic card
to work. This is because, at base, a cardbus card acts like a pci card on
the bus. Pcmcia director services, at least up to version 5 did not 'see'
the card.

So do not be surprised if nothing is reported. More useful would be
sysinfo or theseus or pci47vdk or such which polls the bus and reports
what it finds.

Also, due to some inconsistencies in the bios/kernel level, cardbus cards
do not suspend or hibernate properly... They turn off, but are not turned
back on. For that, pcmcia services *may* be helpful... or cbenable by Kurt
 V (whose last name I cannot spell, so I will not embarass both of us by
trying.. sorry Kurt).

Geoff


R. Geoffrey Newbury                          newbury@mandamus.org
Barrister and Solicitor                         Telephone: 905-271-9600                 
Mississauga,Ontario, Canada              Facsimile:   905-271-1638

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