Re: PCMCIA and 2.4.15-pre4

William Stearns (wstearns@pobox.com)
Mon, 12 Nov 2001 22:00:11 -0500 (EST)


Good evening, John,

On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, John Weber wrote:

> > I hate to say it, but your question isn't all that useful in its
> > current form. What kinds of problems? What pcmcia version? What kernel
> > configuration? What error messages? Functional problems? Compiling
> > problems? Cosmetic problems? Are they reproducable? How can we
> > reproduce the problem?
>
> Actually, my note was supposed to be longer... but I had a little
> technical difficulty in getting the question out. My machine completely
> crashed actually...

We can all commiserate; kernel crashes are annoying.

> funny that I thought it was just a kernel thing.

It may very well be. What error messages did you see? What
symptoms? What was happening at the time it crashed?

> Thanks anyway.

I've come off badly and apologize. We really are all here to
identify and fix kernel problems. I wasn't writing the above to badger
you, but to encourage you to provide as much detail as you can to help us
help you.
Cheers,
- Bill

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