From owner-freebsd-current Wed Oct 30 1:46:18 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D383737B404 for ; Wed, 30 Oct 2002 01:46:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from birch.ripe.net (birch.ripe.net [193.0.1.96]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05C5343E4A for ; Wed, 30 Oct 2002 01:46:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marks@ripe.net) Received: from laptop.6bone.nl (cow.ripe.net [193.0.1.239]) by birch.ripe.net (8.12.5/8.11.6) with SMTP id g9U9k5nZ001349; Wed, 30 Oct 2002 10:46:05 +0100 Received: (nullmailer pid 51983 invoked by uid 1000); Wed, 30 Oct 2002 09:46:02 -0000 Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 10:46:02 +0100 From: Mark Santcroos To: Mitsuru IWASAKI Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, imp@bsdimp.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] NEWCARD: pccardc power support Message-ID: <20021030094602.GA4694@laptop.6bone.nl> References: <20021029.205532.85419285.iwasaki@jp.FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021029.205532.85419285.iwasaki@jp.FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Handles: MS6-6BONE, MS18417-RIPE X-RIPE-Spam-Status: NONE ; -1030 X-RIPE-Spam-Level: Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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