PAO old News
PAO old News
PAO3-19990329-beta was released. This version is relative to 3.1-RELEASE. (Mar. 29, 1999)
PAO boot.flp for 2.2.8-RELEASE was released. (Jan. 15, 1999)
PAO-19981225 was released. This version is relative to 2.2.8-RELEASE. (Dec. 25, 1998)
PAO-19981223 was released. This version is relative to 2.2.8-RELEASE. (Dec. 23, 1998)
PAO-980913 was released. This version is relative to 2.2.7-RELEASE. (Sep. 13, 1998)
PAO boot.flp for 2.2.7-RELEASE was released, w/o PPP and SLIP installation. (Sep. 9, 1998)
(Japanese/English bilingual version),
(Korean/English bilingual version)
PAO boot.flp for 2.2.6-RELEASE was released. (Jun. 29, 1998)
(Japanese/English bilingual version),
(Korean/English bilingual version)
PAO-980430 was released. This version is relative to 2.2.6-RELEASE. (Apr. 30, 1998)
PAO boot floppy for 2.2.5-RELEASE was updated. (Dec. 11, 1997)
(Japanese/English bilingual version)
PAO-971211 was released. This version is relative to 2.2.5-RELEASE. (Dec. 11, 1997)
PAO-971210 was released. Xircom Etherwave Airsurfer driver is merged. This version is relative to 2.2.5-RELEASE. (Dec. 10, 1997)
PAO boot floppy for 2.2.5-RELEASE was updated. (Dec. 6, 1997)
PAO-971206 was released. This version is relative to 2.2.5-RELEASE. (Dec. 6, 1997)
PAO boot floppy for 2.2.5-RELEASE was released. (Dec. 5, 1997)
PAO-971205 was released. This version is relative to 2.2.5-RELEASE. (Dec. 5, 1997)
PAO-971201 was released. This version is relative to 2.2.5-RELEASE. (Dec. 1, 1997)
PAO boot floppy for 2.2.2-RELEASE was updated. (Sep. 11, 1997)
PAO boot floppy for 2.2.2-RELEASE was released. (Jun. 23, 1997)
PAO-970616 was released. This version is relative to 2.2.2-RELEASE. I added CLPD-6832 (untested) and PCI-1130 legacy 16-bit register (tested on RIOS Chandler) support. (Jun. 16, 1997)
PAO-970604 was released. This version is relative to 2.2.2-RELEASE. (Jun. 4, 1997)
PAO-970603 was released. This version is relative to 2.2.2-RELEASE. (Jun. 3, 1997)
PAO-970331 was released. This version is relative to 2.2.1-RELEASE. (Mar. 31, 1997)
PAO boot floppy for 2.2-RELEASE was updated. (Mar. 18, 1997)
PAO boot floppy for 2.2-RELEASE was released. (Mar. 17, 1997)
PAO-970317 was released. This version is relative to 2.2-RELEASE. (Mar. 17, 1997)
I added APM_NOSUSPEND_IMMEDIATE option. Some APM BIOS implementations generate unexpected suspend request event after the system is resumed from suspended mode. This option ignores suspend request event for a few seconds (default = 3 seconds) after the system is resumed. (Mar. 17, 1997)
PAO-970314 was released. This version is relative to 2.2-970310-GAMMA. PAO-970210 is not applicable to 2.2-970310-GAMMA because many changes of sys/pccard are committed to GAMMA code between 2.2-970302-GAMMA and 2.2-970310-GAMMA. (Mar. 14, 1997)
PAO-970210 was released. This version is relative to 2.2-GAMMA. (Feb. 10, 1997)
PAO-970206 was released. This version is relative to 2.2-GAMMA. (Feb. 6, 1997)
PAO-970131 was released. This version is relative to 2.2-BETA. (Jan. 31, 1997)
PAO-970129 was released. This version is relative to 2.2-BETA. (Jan. 29, 1997)
Atsushi Furuta ( furuta@sra.co.jp) ported NCR/Symbios 53C500 based SCSI driver (ncv) and Future Domain TMC18C30 based SCSI driver (stg) from NetBSD/pc98. (Jan. 28, 1997)
Updated PAO boot.flp for 2.2-BETA again (based on PAO-970114). (Jan. 14, 1997)
PAO-970114 was released. This version is relative to 2.2-BETA. (Jan. 14, 1997)
Updated PAO boot.flp for 2.2-BETA (based on PAO-970112). (Jan. 13, 1997)
PAO-970112 (The birthday version) was released. This version is relative to 2.2-BETA. Most of the changes Nate Williams made for the current yesterday were incorporated. (Jan. 12, 1997)
PAO boot.flp for 2.2-BETA is now available. sysinstall PC Card support is totaly rewritten. (Jan. 11, 1997)
PAO-970111 was released. This version is relative to 2.2-BETA. (Jan. 11, 1997)
PAO-970104 was released. This version is relative to 2.2-BETA. (Jan. 4, 1997)
Naoki Hamada ( nao@tom-yam.or.jp) cleaned the initialization code for PC Card devices by introducing a new list named pccarddrv_set. (Dec. 15, 1996)
PAO-961215 was released. This version is relative to 2.2-ALPHA. (Dec. 15, 1996)
I fixed bugs in suspend/resume code in sn driver (Dec. 15, 1996)
I fixed bugs in BPF support of sn driver. WIDE-DHCP package now works with X-Jack Ethernet card. (Dec. 14, 1996)
Atsuo Ohki ( ohki@gssm.otsuka.tsukuba.ac.jp) fixed some bugs and problems in wd driver. (Dec. 13, 1996)
PAO-961202 was released. This version is relative to 2.2-ALPHA. Updated scc and wlp driver, and bug-fix for ed and wd driver, etc. (Dec. 2, 1996)
PAO-961115 was released. This version is relative to 2.2-ALPHA. "xgps" was incorporated into this package.(Nov. 15, 1996)
Latest version of PAO can drive SONY GPS (Global Positioning System) PC Card (and other GLI format cards). I wrote a GPS client for X (xgps). This client will be incorporated into the next release of PAO.
PAO-961020 was released. This version is relative to 2.2-961014-SNAP. (Oct. 20, 1996)
`shutdown -x' (power-off shutdown) is re-implemented by using `at_exit()' interface appeared in 2.2-961014-SNAP. (Oct. 20, 1996)
Added table of contents on PAO-FAQ (Oct. 20, 1996)
PAO-961002 was released. This version is relative to 2.2-960801-SNAP. (Oct. 2, 1996)
PAO-960911 was released. This version is relative to 2.2-960801-SNAP. (Sep. 11, 1996)
PAO-960907 was released. This version is relative to 2.2-960801-SNAP. It supports IBM Smart Capture Card. (Sep. 7, 1996)
PAO-960831 was released. One more bug-fix release (Aug 31, 1996)
PAO-960828 was released. This release is only relative to 2.1.5-RELEASE (Aug 28, 1996)
BootAsia-PAO multilingual boot.flp (currently supports English, Japanese, and Chinese) now supports integrated PAO installation. You can install PAO by typing only
# cd /stand/PAO
# ./PAOsetup
if you installed FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE with this boot.flp.
(Aug 28, 1996)
PAO-960812 was released. This release is only relative to 2.1.5-RELEASE (Aug 12, 1996)
PAO-960731 was released. (July 31, 1996)
PAO-960616 was released. (June 16, 1996)
I decided to change the name of our FreeBSD PC Card and APM (and other miscellaneous utilities) package to "PAO" (formerly called "pccard-test"). So, new FAQ is added to the documents.
"What does `PAO' stand for?"(June 16, 1996)
"PAO stands for nomads :-)"
Now xpccard can control power management feature of PC Cards.
I added "power" subcommand to pccardc for power management. (June 13, 1996)
I implemented "xpccard" (FreeBSD PC Card utility for X11) on pTk. This utility will be available with our next release.
pccard-test-960602 is released. (June 2, 1996)
I added two new keyworkds for "ether" subcommand. One is "megahertz" and the other is "wavelan". This change made MAC address parser for Megahertz X-Jack Ethernet removed from kernel.
Example:
# Megahertz X-Jack Ethernet CC10BT/2
card "Megahertz" "CC10BT/2"
config default "sn0" any
ether megahertz 00:00:86
insert echo X-Jack Ethernet inserted
insert /etc/pccard_ether $device
remove echo X-Jack Ethernet removed
remove /etc/pccard_ether_remove $device
(May 23, 1996)
pccard-test-960508 is released. (May 8, 1996)
pccard-test-960506 is released. (May 6, 1996)
FreeBSD 2.2-960501-SNAP was released. (May 1, 1996)
pccard-flp-960418 was released. (April 18, 1996)
I wrote a quick-hack patch that PC Cards can survive suspend/resueme operations. (April 17, 1996)
pccard-test-960414 is released. (April 14, 1996)
I summarized the first result of Laptop Survey / FreeBSD project. (April 13, 1996)
I added a strict check routine for the MAC address values of if_ed (NS8390 compatible). I also added optional MAC address field in "ether" subcommand in /etc/pccard.conf. This is a simple example. New syntax is written in Bold Typewriter Font. If MAC addresses are specified, "ether" subcommand is valid only if the three bytes (corresponds to the card vendor) read from the attribute memory are equal to the MAC address values specified in "ether" subcommand.
#IBM PCMCIA Ethernet I/II
card "IBM Corp\." "Ethernet"
config default "ed0" any
ether 0xff0 08:00:5a 00:04:ac
insert echo IBM PCMCIA Ethernet inserted
insert /etc/pccard_ether $device
remove echo IBM PCMCIA Ethernet removed
remove /etc/pccard_ether_remove $device
# Fujitsu FMV-J182, FMV-J182A
card "FUJITSU" "LAN Card\(FMV-J182\)"
config default "fe0" any
# These cards have same ID strings, and different MAC address
# locations.
ether 0xf2c 00:00:0e #FMV-J182
ether 0x1cc 00:00:0e #FMV-J182A
insert echo Fujitsu FMV-J182
insert /etc/pccard_ether $device
remove echo Fujitsu FMV-J182
remove /etc/pccard_ether_remove $device
If no MAC address options are specified to "ether" subcommand, pccardd warns about that, but it does not reject it. This change makes a definition of card to include multiple "ether" subcommands. (April 8, 1996)
I extended the syntax of /etc/pccard.conf to enhance readabilty, and share the configurations of the same type cards. There's no documentation of this extention, but... I think that you can understand new /etc/pccard.conf easier than the former one. This is a simple example. New syntax is written in Bold Typewriter Font.
# Megahertz X-Jack Ethernet CC10BT/2
card "Megahertz" "CC10BT/2"
config default "sn0" any
insert echo X-Jack Ethernet inserted
insert /etc/pccard_ether $device
remove echo X-Jack Ethernet removed
remove /etc/pccard_ether_remove $device
# US Robotics Sportster PCMCIA V.34
# US Robotics COURIER PCMCIA V.34
card "USRobotics" "PCMCIA 28800.*"
config 0x3 "sio2" any
insert echo USRobotics PCMCIA Modem inserted
remove echo USRobotics PCMCIA Modem removed
# Omron MD24XCA FAX/Data Modem
card "OMRON Corp\." "MD24XCA"
config 0x23 "sio2" pio
reset 10000
insert echo OMRON MD24XCA Modem inserted
remove echo OMRON MD24XCA Modem removed
# GENERIC PCMCIA modem
function serial
config 0x23 "sio2" any
reset 1000
insert echo PCMCIA Modem inserted
remove echo PCMCIA Modem inserted
# GENERIC Flash ATA / ATA HDD
function fixed_disk
config default "wdc1" 15
insert echo Flash ATA / ATA HDD inserted
remove echo Flash ATA / ATA HDD removed
(April 6, 1996)
Planet Japan Co. donated ENW-3500 (Smart COM 3500), and I succeeded to use this card under "ed" driver. I found a bug (about getting MAC address) of "ed" PC Card driver and I fixed it. (April 5, 1996)
I modified sio (serial I/O) driver and succeeded in driving Hayes Optima 288 V.34 FAX/Modem card, that has annoyed me for long :-). I think this modification made sio driver to drive almost all PCMCIA FAX/modem cards. (April 5, 1996)
I succeeded in driving TDK LAK-CD021 PCMCIA Eternet under fe driver, and fixed a minor bug of fe driver. (April 4, 1996)
Hisashi Hiramoto <hiramoto@chs.nihon-u.ac.jp> reported that he succeeded in using Digital Mobile Media CD-ROM drive on his Digital Hinote Ultra. This CD-ROM is, in fact, ATAPI CD-ROM over internal ATAPI PCMCIA interface card. (April 2, 1996)