RE: [Etherboot-developers] PCMCIA

[Timothy L. <tl...@ro...>]

> This is not just a status announcement. I'd like advice on some points
> in integration. Up to now, I defined CONFIG_PCMCIA (like CONFIG_ISA),
> but propably the latter is needed for PCMCIA anyway. Not talking about
> CARDBUS of course, but I don't have a CARDBUS card neither compatible

Any idea how much work is left to implement cardbus?

> Is there any sense in activating more than the first found PCMCIA NIC?

Maybe, but I believe Etherboot just uses the first NIC it finds anyway.

> Is there any reason to use non-NIC PCMCIA devices in etherboot?

Possibly, but I would concentrate on the stuff required for NICs.  It
will be very cool if we can finally bring the PCMCIA NICs into the
fold...

> Does someone know about special requirements to PCMCIA enabler stuff,
> except giving a NIC the right power & io address? Can I skip the work

In the ISA_PNP support that I brought in for the 3c515 NIC, I ignore the
Interrupt activation.  The NIC did not seem to mind and neither did
Etherboot.

> I'll surely release to CVS before leaving for a 6-day-holiday this
> friday, so perhaps (well, it depends :-) you will have some working
> demo stuff on LWE, but I cannot guarantee.

Sounds like a lot of work.  I can't wait to see it hit the cvs.  

Ken, as 5.2 is getting close will this be 5.3 code?

Tim

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