Linux PCMCIA

Linux PCMCIA

[John Weber]

I noticed on the kernel status doc that a revamp of kernel pcmcia is in 
the works.  Can anyone elaborate?

For example, does this mean that 16-bit PCMCIA cards will use hotplug?
Does this mean that 32-bit cards will stop requiring cardmgr to simply 
bind devices to drivers (is it too much to ask that the driver know what 
it drives :)?  The only card of mine (and I have a few 3coms, xircoms, 
lucents) that I think works sanely is my xircom 32-bit cardbus card... 
it would be nice if they all worked that way.  Even though I know that 
this will not be possible for the 16-bit pcmcia cards, IMHO atleast all 
the hotplug devices should use ONE daemon.

I'm curious and excited by the prospect... if there is anything I can do 
to help (even as a newbie I can certainly help change 
unregister/register functions or add any device tables, etc), please let 
me know.

Re: Linux PCMCIA

[David Woodhouse]

john.weber@linux.org said:
> I noticed on the kernel status doc that a revamp of kernel pcmcia is
> in  the works.  Can anyone elaborate?

The PCMCIA code makes me want to vomit. It wants printing out and ritually 
burning, while taking care not to inhale the fumes which might affect your 
brain.

> For example, does this mean that 16-bit PCMCIA cards will use hotplug?

That is the plan.

> Does this mean that 32-bit cards will stop requiring cardmgr to simply
>  bind devices to drivers (is it too much to ask that the driver know
> what  it drives :)? 

That is also the plan.

Unfortunately the plan is all we have at the moment, other than a few 
hundred lines of untested core device/driver registration code and untested 
CIS-parsing code. I threw that together hoping it would work like stone 
soup -- but it hasn't worked yet, so it's going to have to wait till I have 
more time to play.

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dwmw2

Re: Linux PCMCIA

[Alan Cox]

On Fri, 2002-07-26 at 10:03, David Woodhouse wrote:
> Unfortunately the plan is all we have at the moment, other than a few 
> hundred lines of untested core device/driver registration code and untested 
> CIS-parsing code. I threw that together hoping it would work like stone 
> soup -- but it hasn't worked yet, so it's going to have to wait till I have 
> more time to play.

Maybe if you tell people where your soup pot is 8)

Re: Linux PCMCIA

[David Woodhouse]

alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk said:
> On Fri, 2002-07-26 at 10:03, David Woodhouse wrote:
> > Unfortunately the plan is all we have at the moment, other than a few 
> > hundred lines of untested core device/driver registration code and
> > untested CIS-parsing code. I threw that together hoping it would work like
> > stone soup -- but it hasn't worked yet, so it's going to have to wait till 
> > I have more time to play.

> Maybe if you tell people where your soup pot is 8) 

I was sort of hoping to get it in slightly better shape before mentioning 
it to the great unwashed, but who cares...

	cvs -d :ext:anoncvs@cvs.infradead.org login 
		(password anoncvs)
	cvs -d :ext:anoncvs@cvs.infradead.org co pcmcia

	http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-pcmcia
	http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-pcmcia-cvs

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dwmw2