Date: Sun, 2 Nov 1997 12:01:33 +0100 (MET) From: Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.org> To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: card removal problems Message-ID: <199711021101.MAA02452@gvr.gvr.org> In-Reply-To: <199711020211.TAA00945@rocky.mt.sri.com> from Nate Williams at "Nov 1, 97 07:11:32 pm"
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Nate Williams wrote: > > Just like with the PAO release I experience problems when removing a > > card from a slot. Sometimes this results in a total lockup of the > > system, while it keeps beeping. > > There is a race where it's possible that the driver in in use when you > remove it that is un-avoidable. But, this seems to happen pretty > rarely. > > > With the PAO release, the solution was to fist cut power from the card and > > then remove it. This was done via the power subcommand of pccardc. > > Wouldn;t it be wise to introduce that subcommand? Or am I the only > > one experiencing problems when removing cards? > > I'd like to introduct as few things *as necessary* to the release, but > if it's necessary then we should add it. Too many 'fixes' that went > into PAO tree that masked the real problem, so before we add the power > let's try and figure out what the problem is. Agreed. But to be honest: I wouldn't know a quicker solution that preventing the interrupts and cutting down the power would then do the trick. -Guido
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