Re: 2.5/2.6 PCMCIA Issues

Linus Torvalds
2003-08-06T15:33:57Z

On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Russell King wrote:
>
> Could the problem be PNP related? I don't see much material change in
> the PNP layer between 2.5.70 and 2.5.71 though.

It definitely could be PnP-related, and it may well show up only on
machines that have the yenta controller listed as an old-style pcmcia
controller in the bios etc.

> Can other people try the CONFIG_YENTA=y, CONFIG_I82365=y, CONFIG_PNP=y
> and report their results (in particular the dmesg from boot, and whether
> the machine locks when they insert a card _after_ boot.)

Yes, getting more data-points would be good. Together with what kind of
machine they have (not just what kind of yenta controller, but the bios
and manufacturer..)

Linus