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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

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