Re: Latest BenH kernel supports mixer on TiBook
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Peter Cordes wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 12:18:25PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> > On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Peter Cordes wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 11:09:33AM +0200, Michel Lanners wrote:
> > > > Most interesting is that it has an auto-MDIX feature, i.e. it can detect
> > > > if RX and TX are inverted.
> > >
> > > Cool! Are there any PC card NICs that do that?
> >
> > Sure - it seems my TiBook does, at least a couple of weeks until someone
> > reveals that that was bogus too, but instead it has a built-in
> > coffeemachine ;-)
> >
>
> Are the NICs in TiPbs cardbus or something? I assumed they were built in.
> (I've got a cheapo 486 laptop, and I've never had my hands on a powerbook.)
> I'm talking about being able to buy a NIC that does that, that I can use in
> any random laptop with a PC card (aka pcmcia) slot.
Sorry, I didn't read your mail well. You are right, the NIC on my laptop
is builtin, not a PC card.
Did a search at google on "auto-MDIX pcmcia" with nothing but the TiBook
and the chip showing up - good luck hunting :-)
- Jonas
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