From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu Oct 23 09:06:31 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA06454 for mobile-outgoing; Thu, 23 Oct 1997 09:06:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile) Received: from word.smith.net.au (word.smith.net.au [202.0.75.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA06448 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 1997 09:06:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word.smith.net.au (localhost.smith.net.au [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA00993 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 01:33:15 +0930 (CST) Message-Id: <199710231603.BAA00993@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Patches from -current for -stable I'd like to commit after testing In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 23 Oct 1997 09:55:38 CST." <199710231555.JAA15370@rocky.mt.sri.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 01:33:15 +0930 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > We *really*must* improve that error message. I've been loth to get > > really dirty with the pccard* utilities because the PAO people have so > > much layered on top of them, but IMHO they really have to be redone > > from scratch. 8( > > Ahh, it makes my heart glad to hear this. The current code is too much > of a mess to be much help. Argh. The problem is that the whole current mechanism is messy. At the other extreme, an elegant and logical solution would be far too heavyweight for the practicalities of the situation. > > > Do you have a 3.0 box, or is it now running 2.2? The changes will > > > initially be made to 3.0, since it's already (apparently) broken there. > > > > Real hackers run -current on their laptop, remember? > > *grin* You mentioned 2.2 in a previous email. I did? I think you have me and Brian confused. I wouldn't let 2.2 near this thing. mike