Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 08 Apr 2003 18:56:12 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCHES 2.5.67] PCMCIA hotplugging, in-kernel-matching and depmod support |
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Jean Tourrilhes wrote: > Jeff Garzik wrote : >>That was a big stumbling block when I last looked at the "big picture" >>for pcmcia -- in-kernel drivers still required probe assistance from >>userspace via the /etc/pcmcia/* bindings. > > > No ! Please don't do that, it will only bring madness.
Nope. It's already a solved problem :) More below...
> Example : > Lucent/Agere Orinoco wireless card : > manfid 0x0156,0x0002 > possible drivers : wlan_cs ; orinoco_cs > Intersil PrismII and clones (Linksys, ...) : > manfid 0x0156,0x0002 > possible drivers : prism2_cs ; hostap_cs > > Please explain me in details how your stuff will cope with the > above, and how to make sure the right driver is loaded in every case > and how user can control this. > If your scheme can't cope with the simple real life example > above (I've got those cards on my desk, and those drivers on my disk), > then it's no good to me.
These cases already exist for PCI, so pcmcia behavior should follow what the kernel does when the PCI core sees such.
Jeff
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