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Realtek 8139 WiFi Cardbus Adapter
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2006-08-20 03:41:17
On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 04:34:20PM -0700, Jeff_W wrote:
> and it works on neither.  So cardbus is an old, dying
technology?  I've

I'm thinking that Windows uses an unusual way of attaching
a driver to this
card, based on a string or two rather than vendor/device
numbers.

NetBSD uses the numbers to select a driver for attachment, I
suppose it might
be possible to force an attachment...

> not dealt with in previously; assumed the card was like
any other WiFi card.

PCMCIA < CardBus < ExpressCard

CardBus has started disappearing from current laptop models.

> 
> It's looking like something to sell on craigslist....
> 
> Cheers,
> Jeff W.

	Jonathan Kollasch
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