Very bad pcmcia regression

[Nicolas]

:-/

I'm stuck... I compiled a 2.6.13 kernel, and I got a kernel panic at
boot. I compiled a 2.6.12 kernel, and I still got a kernel panic at
boot.
My 16bits PCMCIA<->CF adaptor does not work anymore on my system:
nothing is written in /var/log/messages when I insert it, even if the
PCMCIA slot and the card is ok (tested on another system).
Cardbus cards still works on my 2.4.24 kernel. But the only 32bits CF
reader I know of is the Lexar one, which isn't in the supported hardware
list.

... and I need my computer in less than 10 days. I'm a semi pro
photographer, and I cover an important motorbike event which lasts for
10 days. I use my Thinkpad 600E to download pictures on my hardisk.

That's REALLY annoying. I'll have to install that piece of sh.. called
Windows on my computer just because something is broken with PCMCIA on
2.4.24. I thought that kernel would be supported for more time. Will
Linux be as Windows in a few years? I mean, no more support for kernels
older than a few years... :-/

Nicolas.

On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 03:17:57PM -0700, David Hinds wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 10:29:56PM +0200, Nicolas. wrote:
> > 
> > That list is dedicated to the 2.6 kernel only? Does that mean there's
> > no support for PCMCIA on the 2.4 kernel?
> 
> In general, support for older kernels can be spotty and often the best
> response is "err, well, use a current kernel".
> 
> The 2.4 kernel PCMCIA support was never well maintained.  I am listed
> as being nominally the maintainer, but I didn't do much of the work to
> integrate my original pcmcia-cs code into the kernel (Linus did much
> of it), and I'm not very familiar with some of this code.  Also I
> spend little time working on PCMCIA now.
> 
> Since people who do work on PCMCIA these days are now all using 2.6
> kernels, your chances of getting useful support would be much better
> if you also used 2.6.
> 
> -- Dave
> 

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