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From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
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Terry Lambert writes:
> > > <grumble....>
> > > 
> > > Maybe it could if it were hooked to a PCMCIA card.  8-).
> > 
> > If it were hooked to a PCMCIA card, the kernel would realize it *was*
> > ejected *AFTER* you physically removed the media which means it would be
> > tool late to update the dirty buffers.  The only thing the PCIC
> > controllers buys you is the ability to see insertion/removal request
> > plus the ability to setup resource allocation a bit differently.
> 
> It can also scream "Put the card back!  Put the card back!".

Not without an incredible amount of kludges to *every* device driver.
Currently, the PCCARD code knows *nothing* about the individual device
drivers, and shouldn't.  Adding intrinsic device driver knowledge to the
generic support code is something that I'll fight against.


Nate