Martijn van Buul <martijnb@atlas.ipv6.stack.nl> wrote:
> >> It occurred to me that Jeff_W wrote in gmane.os.netbsd.help:
> >> > Realtek, Rtl8139, M^?M^? (manufacturer 0x0, product 0x0) Realtek Semiconductor 8180 802.11b (ethernet network, revision 0x20) at cardbus0 dev 0 function 0 not configured
> >>
> >> Hm, next time, I should pay more attention. It looks like this isn't a rtl8139
> >> at all, but an rtl8180 which is being misidentified. the rtl8180 is supported
> >> by the rtw driver. 
> >
> > Okay, so then why isn't rtw picking it up?  Is it only seeing the "Rtl8183" ?
>
> I dunno. There's something going wrong while configuring that cardbus card.
> The "manufacturer 0x0, product 0x0" is suspicious. It's just a hunch, but
> take a look at man 4 cardbus - especially the last paragraph.
>
> Are other cardbus cards known to be working, or is cardbus dead altogether?
>
> > Is it worth bothering with or should I just chuck it?
>
> I don't know :) Personally, I'm a bit weary about realtek stuff. But I 
> wouldn't be overly surprised if this turns out to be an issue with the
> laptop, and not with the card.

Well, I've only got a sample of two:
a) IBM Thinkpad T23 (netbsd-3.0.1)
b) Dell CPi A (netbsd-3.0.0)

and it works on neither.  So cardbus is an old, dying technology?  I've
not dealt with in previously; assumed the card was like any other WiFi card.

It's looking like something to sell on craigslist....

Cheers,
Jeff W.