AW: [CFT] 2.6.0-test7: Fix use-after-free bug in ds.

David Hinds dhinds at sonic.net
Wed Oct 15 17:15:54 BST 2003


On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 06:37:11PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote:
>
> I've heard that Orinoco USB adapters consist of a PCMCIA-to-USB bridge and
> a PCMCIA card.  I don't know about USB Compact Flash readers.  Such
> devices may have very limited (if any) support for unapproved cards, but
> it's better to be prepared.

I'm pretty sure that these largely or entirely hide the PCMCIA nature
of the device from the host, and behave like ordinary USB storage and
network devices, rather than bus bridges.  So, there is no role for
the PCMCIA subsystem for these devices.

-- Dave



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