Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 3 Jun 1999 16:03:06 -0700 | From | David Hinds <> | Subject | Re: 2.3 wish: integrate pcmcia into mainstream kernel |
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On Thu, Jun 03, 1999 at 05:24:46PM -0500, The Doctor What wrote: > > I think that the PCMCIA packages suffers from one major problem, the rest > of these problems are just symptoms of this problem: The PCMCIA package is > two things that are separate: an enabler daemon and the drivers. > > The drivers should be in the kernel and the enabler should be in > user land.
Errr, I feel like I'm missing something...?
> I see no reason why a computer with a PCMCIA device (net card > or some such) shouldn't be able to compile in only the net card and > nothing else from the PCMCIA stuff, allowing the system to automatically > deal with this one card and nothing else. > > Yes you loose hotswap, but who cares, it should still be an option.
If you want point enablers, use DOS. This is such a brain dead approach, it isn't even worth contemplating.
-- Dave Hinds
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