Probably.
> All sorts of PCMCIA issues with the
> kernel tree get fixed. Shared interrupts, better IO port management,
> better module handling, bullet proofing of drivers against hot
> ejection: all happened despite PCMCIA not being physically located in
> the kernel tree.
Much of it happened because it was used for other things, though, not for
PCMCIA in general. Shared interrupts, for example, was much more driven by
PCI than by PCMCIA.
> In the past, I've also advocated for some of this infrastructure, and
> sent you patches for bits and pieces of it, and I'd turn your argument
> around and say that a reason PCMCIA has stayed out of the kernel is
> *because* that infrastructure never got built up. You demand that
> kernels work well on your machines... I demand that PCMCIA works well,
> and I won't sacrifice functionality just to have it in the kernel
> tree.
Fair enough. Let's see what we can come up with that is acceptable to
everybody.
Linus
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