Re: pcmcia-cs and cardbus

On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 09:46:32AM +0200, Marc Giger wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I read that the cardbus cards are no longer supported by the pcmcia
> package. Is it true?  I noticed differences between 3.1.28 and
> 3.2.1. In 3.1.28 it was no problem to configure my Planet cardbus
> card.  With 3.2.1 I have to use the hotplug package to set up the
> card, but there are some limits. I am missing the flexibility of the 
> pcmcia-package like schemes and so on. 

If you are using the kernel PCMCIA subsystem, then cardbus cards are
handled by generic PCI drivers through the hotplug subsystem.  This
was the result of an executive decision by Linus, that the hotplug
framework was superior to the old pcmcia-cs model.  It is intended
that all PCMCIA devices will migrate to the hotplug framework, though
no one has taken the time to implement that.  You are correct that
the hotplug system is currently not as feature-ful as the pcmcia-cs
configuration system.

-- Dave


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