[Soekris] SLIC card interface

[John Laur]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: soekris-tech-admin at lists.soekris.com [mailto:soekris-tech-
> admin at lists.soekris.com] On Behalf Of Ramana Murty
> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 4:26 AM
> To: Matt Peterson
> Cc: soekris-tech at lists.soekris.com
> Subject: Re: [Soekris] SLIC card interface
> 
> Hi Mutt,
> Is it advisable to solder and extend 12V supply this way. There is a
> Internet
> PhoneCARD-PCMCIA from QuickJack but I don't think it supports Linux.

It does. Rather I should say the quicknet Linux driver supports it in
the 2.4 kernel. I don't have one, but I'm pretty positive it's a type II
5V card. I don't know about power requirements, but surely it's lower
power than these high-power wireless cards that are working in the
4511/4521. In any case, it's probably the only SLIC type device that is
really going to shine in the current generation of net45xx devices due
to its onboard dsp offloading the audio compression/decompression.

John

> > I don't think QuickNet offers any cards in the MiniPCI form factor
(I
> > could be wrong, please slap me if so).  The net4501 only powers 3.3v
PCI
> > cards.  I've bunch trying to hunt down such a sound card with no
luck (I
> > thought I'd have success with a Creative Labs LIVE which had PCI
notchs
> > for both 3.3 & 5v, but it also locked up my system).  You may need
to
> > solder in an external p/s into the PCI leads or something hackish.
Your
> > other option is a PCMCIA QuickNet card on a net4511/4521.
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 01:34:03PM +0530, Ramana Murty wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > I am trying to interface Linux Jack (Subscriber Line Interface
Card)
> > > to net4501, over its Mini PCI type-III socket.  net4501 is powered
> with
> > > a 9V adapter. The board goes to error state. The details of the
Linux
> > > Jack are at  http://www.linuxjack.com. Did any one try interfacing
> this
> > > card to net4501 board. Can I know the powering requirements and
> > > modifications needed for this.