Very bad pcmcia regression

[David Hinds]

On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 01:30:32AM +0200, Nicolas wrote:

> 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).

What does "cardctl status" say with the CF card plugged in?  Is
cardmgr running?  What happens if you enter "cardctl insert"?  I'm
having trouble coming up with a theory for how Cardbus cards could
work fine but 16-bit cards could be completely, silently, ignored.

> 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... :-/

So you had the impression that you were going to get free unlimited
support for every release of every Linux software component to the end
of time?  The source code is there so you can either fix it yourself
or find someone to sell you support.  That's the real difference.

I'm not aware of any breakage in the 2.4.24 kernel PCMCIA support.

-- Dave