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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: mra@pobox.com (Mark Atwood)
Cc: cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com (Christopher Friesen),
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (Linux Kernel Development)
Subject: Re: Module read a file?
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 23:18:54 +0100 (BST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E15roAI-000539-00@the-village.bc.nu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3zo6xswcq.fsf@flash.localdomain> from "Mark Atwood" at Oct 11, 2001 02:25:09 PM

> Because the firmware is stored in volitile memory on the card, and
> vanishes on a card reset or removal, and I would like to have it Just
> Work with the pcmcia-cs package with minimal changes.

Longer term that is precisely what the hot plug interface is there fore

> Having to remember "run this userspace tool after every card reset"
> (which includes power suspends and so forth) would be a major pain.
> 
> Besides, the card already has a good validator in it.

What do you do if the card is compiled in and initialised before the
firmware holding fs is mounted ?

  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-10-11 22:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-10-11 20:48 Mark Atwood
2001-10-11 21:19 ` Christopher Friesen
2001-10-11 21:25   ` Mark Atwood
2001-10-11 21:39     ` Christopher Friesen
2001-10-11 21:46     ` Greg KH
2001-10-12  8:12       ` Ian Stirling
2001-10-11 21:57     ` John Adams
2001-10-11 22:18     ` Alan Cox [this message]
2001-10-11 22:29       ` Mark Atwood
2001-10-12  4:43 ` T. A.

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