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Subject: Re: Does anyone work on making ATA moduler?
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It seems Takanori Watanabe wrote:
> Hi,There is a problem when PCMCIA related stuff
> is used as module, ATA CF is not recognized.
> 
> This is because PCMCIA atachment is not compiled 
> when pccard(4) is not compiled in.
> 
> To fix it, we have to supply PCMCIA attachment
> in any form.
> One way is to make a kernel module that contains only
> ATA/PCMCIA attachment with this Makefile

> Then two question.
> 1. May I commit this workaround?

No, not yet..

> 2. Are there any people working on ATA for making it fully
> moduler?

Yes there is.

-Søren