[SPARCbook] Which BSD, and will anyone ever do the pcmcia bridge?

[Koyote]

Thomas Roehr <troehr at nj-onramp.com> writes:

> Sorry, but your wrong. Linux has the same support for the pcmcia
> bridge that the BSD's do. Stubs for code. And it is the same from a
> heat standpoint, if you run a 2.3 or newer kernel.
> 
> Graphics support is the same, a macro hack to use the P9100 as a CG3
> card, no acceleration.


Right, and the kernel is much slower. that's why I'm ignoring
linux. which part was I wrong about?






> 
> Tom Roehr
> 
> Koyote wrote:
> 
> >SO, I'm torn between open and netbsd (I'm ignoring linux all together
> >since it doesn't seem to have pcmcia bridge support and it's generally
> >worse to run form a comfort standpoint than Sol 2.6)
> >
> >This is hard to discuss on the *bsd lists due to religion, but:
> >
> >I need functional support of the power subsystem (heat and suspend)
> >
> > The best graphics support I can get and some *hope* of eventual
> > sound support and (would someone accept a
> >BRIBE to finish this?) PCMCIA support so I can finally just pop a
> >wavelan card in there.
> >
> >(yes, the wi driver for solaris 2.6 would be fine- even better, since
> >I'd have full hardware support)
> >
> >so, any opinions?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >-C
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