Alex Susu wrote: > Hello! > I would like to install RTnet on a laptop. > Could you please give me some suggestions on what type of laptop > networking > cards (or what type of laptop brands) are supported by RTnet. > > I have searched on the archive of rtnet-users mailing list for information > related to this subject and I found out (please complain if I am not right): > - currently there is no support for PCMCIA within RTnet. There is a > student of Petr Grillinger that tries to make RTnet support PCMCIA by the > beginning of next year.
Yes, could be the case. So far I have heard no further news about this effort. > From this, I should understand that the only hope to try to make > the > current RTnet work with laptops is to use a laptop that has a net card > integrated in the system (part of the motherboard). > - A few people mentioned that they were able to install and work > with > RTnet with laptops. They mentioned of the following laptops: PIII/600MHz with > rt_3c59x Try to avoid that 3COM card, it can cause problems. > and IBM thinkpad R32 1.8G. IBM/Lenovo notebooks can be a good choice, I'm using one for development and testing as well. Some older ones have a built-in EtherExpress PRO/100 which RTnet support. Soon there should also be a driver for the Gigabit version of that card which is common in many recent notebooks. In general, just check which Linux driver the notebook requires and compare with the list of drivers supported by RTnet. Jan
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