Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 10:46:02 +0100 From: Mark Santcroos <marks@ripe.net> To: Mitsuru IWASAKI <iwasaki@jp.FreeBSD.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, imp@bsdimp.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] NEWCARD: pccardc power support Message-ID: <20021030094602.GA4694@laptop.6bone.nl> In-Reply-To: <20021029.205532.85419285.iwasaki@jp.FreeBSD.org> References: <20021029.205532.85419285.iwasaki@jp.FreeBSD.org>
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Hi Mitsuru, I was also thinking about this so I'm very happy with your patch! It works great here! This is very usefull for me as I have an internal pccard that I prefer not to be active all time. Thanks Mark On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 08:55:32PM +0900, Mitsuru IWASAKI wrote: > I've implemented pccardc power and boot_deactivated support code for > NEWCARD. They are needed for some mobile users including me. > > - Add pccardc power support code. Yes, it's OLDCARD compatible. > - Add new loader tunable hw.cbb.boot_deactivated to prevent pccards > from attaching automatically. > > Some people want to keep pccards in slots all the time even if they > don't want to use the pccard. They can power pccard on via pccardc > command now (and in OLDCARD days) when it's required, so automatic > attaching pccards at boot time is not desired behavior for them. > > This is quick hack actually (took about 1 hour), so it's not > clean at all. > But it's good enough for prototype, working great for me actually :) -- Mark Santcroos RIPE Network Coordination Centre http://www.ripe.net/home/mark/ New Projects Group/TTM To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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