Re: 2.3 wish: integrate pcmcia into mainstream kernel

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 3 Jun 1999 14:32:43 +0100 (BST)

> Oh, and how do they install on the Sony VAIO, for example?
> Hint: they don't. And PnP isn't the issue, never has been.

Some of it is. The hard questions being

"What irq is really free"
"What dma is really free"
"Give me some physical address space that isnt used"

1 & 2 you can kind of work around. #3 is a pain. Its also one that needs
to be addressed for the 3D work (AGP GART) and for some I2O devices.

Alan

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