From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Oct 10 07:16:08 1995 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id HAA03864 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 10 Oct 1995 07:16:08 -0700 Received: from tfs.com (tfs.com [140.145.250.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id HAA03851 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 1995 07:16:03 -0700 Received: from critter.tfs.com by tfs.com (smail3.1.28.1) with SMTP id m0t2fTN-0003wpC; Tue, 10 Oct 95 07:16 PDT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.tfs.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id PAA01664; Tue, 10 Oct 1995 15:02:28 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: critter.tfs.com: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: laufen@sol.med.ge.com (Derek Laufenberg x7-4534) cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Has the Linux PCMCIA tools been ported? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 10 Oct 1995 09:09:32 CDT." <9510101409.AA08712@merak.med.ge.com> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 15:02:28 +0100 Message-ID: <1662.813333748@critter.tfs.com> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > > > > > Anyone know about the Linux PCMCIA card service tools? > > > Have they been ported to freebsd yet? > > > > No, and they wont be. > > > > OK -why? No need with the code you just got working? The code we have fits the unix-model better. The linux stuff, at least last time I looked, was a 1-1 mapping of the rather bogus MSDOS implementation. Did I see you voluteer to help write drivers ? -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. It will be some time yet before progress goes too far... (Poul Henningsen)