Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 10:34:17 +0100 From: Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Previously Chris Hanson wrote: > http://www.swiss.ai.mit.edu/projects/omnibook/packages.php That page doesn't really describe what laptop-net does, and I fail to see what it does differently then standard pcmcia-cs, which does everything you describe. A couple of points: 1. The software provides a facility to manage a built-in ethernet port, including the ability to detect when the cable is plugged in or unplugged. As far as I know, pcmcia-cs doesn't do this. The "scheme" support is indeed very similar to that of pcmcia-cs, as you point out, and if that was all this package did, I would agree that it would be pretty uninteresting. 2. Section 6.1 of the developer's reference states that the URL included in the ITP message should point to a place where the software can be downloaded from. It doesn't say anything about extended descriptions. So that is what I put in my message. (The source code itself does contain extended documentation.) But, since you asked for it, here is a URL for the package documentation. http://www.swiss.ai.mit.edu/projects/omnibook/documentation/laptop-net.html
