Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: kernel pcmcia | From | (Eric W. Biederman) | Date | 23 Sep 2001 18:55:39 -0600 |
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David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> writes:
> weber@nyc.rr.com said: > > Is cardmgr absolutely necessary? I don't use modules, so I don't > > really understand what cardmgr does that can't be done by the kernel > > at boot. - > > Aside from loading modules, it also performs the matching between devices > and drivers - rather than drivers registering a list of the devices they're > capable of driving, as with other bus types, cardmgr is required to 'bind' > devices to drivers. > > The whole lot wants rewriting. I've been looking at it but don't have > anything that even compiles.
I looked a while ago and the exported driver interfaces don't look to bad but the code was next to impossible to follow.
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