From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269181AbTGJKXD (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Jul 2003 06:23:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269183AbTGJKXC (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Jul 2003 06:23:02 -0400 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:12045 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269181AbTGJKW7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Jul 2003 06:22:59 -0400 Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 11:37:36 +0100 From: Russell King To: Yang Yang Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PCMCIA can't be probed during kernel loading???? Message-ID: <20030710113736.B1074@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Yang Yang , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20030710030648.GA5066@cannon.ucsd.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20030710030648.GA5066@cannon.ucsd.edu>; from yangyang@juggler.ucsd.edu on Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 08:06:48PM -0700 X-Message-Flag: Your copy of Microsoft Outlook is vulnerable to viruses. See www.mutt.org for more details. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 08:06:48PM -0700, Yang Yang wrote: > I mean should the kernel be able to find the card itself and set it > up , or does it need some user application ( like cardmgr ) to do it > ? Correct. > if it's the latter case, basically means it's impossible to run a > diskless station over NFS with only PCMCIA network card? Also correct. However, you could use an initial ramdisk and load cardmgr from there, configure the interface and mount the real root filesystem that way. -- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html