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authorimp <imp@FreeBSD.org>2001-07-27 06:32:20 +0000
committerimp <imp@FreeBSD.org>2001-07-27 06:32:20 +0000
commit98c03bcff22374087c3ca7f5c9afdebe1518d1ef (patch)
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parenta67cc01f189d551f0d13355960595604d72bc136 (diff)
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Improve wording for pccard memory assignement.
Document intended correct behavior for pccardc power and how it interacts with suspend/resume.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/pccard')
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/pccard/pccardc/pccardc.815
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/pccard/pccardc/pccardc.8 b/usr.sbin/pccard/pccardc/pccardc.8
index d9c6a50..147e731 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pccard/pccardc/pccardc.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/pccard/pccardc/pccardc.8
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Print command summary
.It Ic pccardmem
Allocate memory for pccard driver
.It Ic power
-Power on/off slots
+Power on/off slots and leaves them disabled
.It Ic rdattr
Read attribute memory
.It Ic rdmap
@@ -154,8 +154,9 @@ Prints help for
.Pp
Specifies the host address using PC-CARD controller(PCIC)
will use to map cards to.
-Because the PCIC needs a contiguous 16KB memory,
-you can only use the following four addresses:
+Because the PCIC needs a contiguous 16KB memory, and most machines
+have other ROMs or devices at other places in the ISA I/O memory
+address range, generally you can only use the following four addresses:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width 0xd0000 -compact
.It Ar 0xd0000
@@ -185,9 +186,15 @@ Turn off a power supply.
If a card becomes unstable when it is removed at
activate state,
this can force it into inactive state first and remove it safely.
+The slot will remain disabled until you eject the card with the system
+running or reenable the card with another
+.Ic pccardc power
+power command.
+The slot will even remain disabled when you suspend and resume the
+computer.
.It Li 1
Turn on a power supply and set it into active state
-(similar to a card insertion).
+(the system treats the card as if it was just inserted).
.El
.Pp
.It
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