Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.3 wish: integrate pcmcia into mainstream kernel | Date | Mon, 7 Jun 1999 21:29:40 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> That's one way to get around it, but it is the wrong fix: you should > not rely on order of execution of the init scripts, because a PCMCIA > network card doesn't even need to be present when these scripts are
It relies on PCMCIA card services and daemons running the scripts as they find and report cards being available, either at their setup time or later. The ethernet scripts then do the standard configuration like any other non PCMCIA card.
The script then runs the standard ifup script for that interface name. This also means standard GUI tools like linuxconf work for pcmcia cards, and you can swap an ISA card for a PCMCIA ethernet card (or vice versa) and your machine doesn't break.
Once we have USB ethernet support this kind of sharing will become important.
Alan
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