Re: [PATCH] pcmcia event thread. (fwd)

Linus Torvalds
2000-11-17T17:06:22Z

On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, Alan Cox wrote:

> > Alan, Russell is talking about CardBus controllers (it's also PCMCIA, in
> > fact, these days it's the _only_ pcmcia in any machine made less than five
> > years ago).
>
> I have at least two machines here that are < 2 years old but disagree
> with you. Once is only months old.

Who makes those pieces of crap? And who _buys_ them? I can understand it
in embedded stuff simply because the chips are simpler and smaller, but in
a laptop you should definitely try to avoid it.

Linus