Re: [PATCHES 2.5.67] PCMCIA hotplugging, in-kernel-matching and depmod support

[Jeff Garzik]

On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 10:56:23PM +0200, Dominik Brodowski wrote:
> ... and the deprecation of "cardmgr" and "cardctl"
> 
> Dear kernel developers and testers,
> 
> Updated and re-diffed revisions of my pcmcia-related patches are 
> available at http://www.brodo.de/pcmcia/
> 
> These patches update the PCMCIA subsystem (16-bit) to use the driver
> model matching and hotplug utilities. The "cardmgr" will not be 
> needed any longer - in fact, it won't even work any longer.
> 
> They are based on kernel 2.5.67

Will we see pcmcia id lists making their way into low-level drivers?

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.

	Jeff