Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 10:44:31 -0700 (MST) From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: The Babbler <bts@babbleon.org> Cc: Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bridging with 3C589D-COMBO on 4.2-RELEASE? Message-ID: <15023.44543.137285.702518@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <3AAF06E8.103042C6@babbleon.org> References: <3AAC4C03.13000DE@babbleon.org> <3AAC4E83.2C281B90@babbleon.org> <20010312174852.T20830@speedy.gsinet> <3AAF06E8.103042C6@babbleon.org>
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> > Do you 'ifconfig down' the card *prior* to removal? For my own > > sake I would get used to some sort of this behaviour ... :> Just > > make sure nothing's using the card when you unplug it instead of > > dazzling all the drivers / apps with events there's no card for. > > Heck, no. I just pop the card out. Windows gets upset if you do this, > but Linux is quite happy if I insert it and remove it willy-nilly and > never type in any commands at all. It is all just handled > automatically. Note, it's *impossible* due to the design constraints of PCMCIA hardware to do this right everytime. Because it works in Linux doesn't mean it's not doing bad things. It's just that you're really lucky. (Seriously). Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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