Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: pre*-6 breaks PCMCIA again | From | Jes Sorensen <> | Date | 06 Nov 1998 22:56:38 +0100 |
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>>>>> "David" == David Hinds <dhinds@zen.stanford.edu> writes:
David> As for making PCMCIA part of the standard kernel... it is David> something that I've obviously thought about before. My David> (possibly outdated, probably exaggerated) impression was that David> based on the difficulty I've had in getting PCMCIA-friendly David> changes into the kernel over the years, that Linus was, if not David> hostile, at best never particularly interested in it. Also, David> given the size and complexity of the PCMCIA package, it seems David> more easily maintainable as a separate entity, even if it means David> I have to deal with the kernel version skew issue from time to David> time. I'm not sure it was/is the best way to go and may change David> my mind in the future: I'm sure there's a cost to separate David> distribution, in that regular kernel developers are less likely David> to look at the code. But as I'm sure Linus would agree, having David> final editorial control also has its advantages.
Well the result of this is that for other architectures such as the m68k; some people (can't remember the names off hand, sorry) have started to implement driver for PCMCIA devices (mainly NE2K Ethernet and 16c550 serial) totally independant of the existing PCMCIA subsystem. Some of these drivers have now been included into the standard kernel.
I asume this is because these guys don't know about the current PCMCIA code and where to get it. IMHO keeping PCMCIA out of the kernel is a pain and I would prefer to see it go in together with the rest of the strange bus architectures we support these days.
Jes
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