Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 2 Jun 1999 15:42:01 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: 2.3 wish: integrate pcmcia into mainstream kernel |
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On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, David Hinds wrote: > > > In short, it's a mess. And it should NOT be. > > It should not be, if RedHat (or whatever distribution you used) put > the ide_cs driver on their PCMCIA install disk.
WHAT install disk?
There is no install disk: it's all on CD-ROM.
If you think I'm going to use a floppy to boot up an operating system with, you're wrong. It makes perfect sense to just boot up the kernel, and start installation from the CD.
Except it doesn't work unless you can read the CD. Which you can't with the current PCMCIA approach.
NOW do you see why I think a user-mode component is simply not acceptable for any basic functionality?
Linus
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