From 3c016cfd2650eff721c59b1b91bb27c75ac02046 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 15:23:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update of the article (1st part):
- Note the Web is also a good place to find infos on a specific laptop
configuration for FreeBSD.
- Give an example of winmodem driver present in the ports tree.
- FreeBSD 4.X supports 16-bit cards and 5.X both 16-bit and 32-bit
cards.
Changes coming from:
PR: docs/53292
Submitted by: Lukas Ertl <l.ertl@univie.ac.at>
---
en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/laptop/article.sgml | 12 +++++++++---
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/laptop/article.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/laptop/article.sgml
index bda2b1830f..4c32a9554f 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/laptop/article.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/laptop/article.sgml
@@ -37,7 +37,12 @@
are not encountered on desktop machines and are not commonly
discussed (laptops, even more than desktops, are fine-tuned for
Microsoft Windows). This article aims to discuss some of these
- issues.</para>
+ issues. Several people have also documented their experiences
+ with &os; on specific laptop models on webpages which are not
+ part of the &os; documentation. You might very well find some
+ information if you type the name of your laptop model and the
+ word <quote>&os;</quote> into a search engine of your
+ choice.</para>
<sect1>
<title>XFree86</title>
@@ -89,7 +94,7 @@
<quote>winmodems</quote> whose
functionality is implemented in software, for which only windows
drivers are normally available (though a few drivers are beginning
- to show up for other operating systems). If that is the case, you
+ to show up for other operating systems; for example, if your modem has a Lucent LT chipset it might be supported by the <filename role="package">comms/ltmdm</filename> port). If that is the case, you
need to buy an external modem: the most compact option is
probably a PC Card (PCMCIA) modem, discussed below, but
serial or USB modems may be cheaper. Generally, regular
@@ -109,7 +114,8 @@
<devicename>pccard1</devicename> etc on devices like
<devicename>pcic0</devicename>).</para>
- <para>FreeBSD currently supports 16-bit PCMCIA cards, but not
+ <para>&os; 4.X supports 16-bit PCMCIA cards, and
+ &os; 5.X supports both 16-bit and
32-bit (<quote>CardBus</quote>) cards. A database of supported
cards is in the file <filename>/etc/defaults/pccard.conf</filename>.
Look through it, and preferably buy cards listed there. Cards not