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> #define quoting(Nate Williams)
> // >     > // It's probably a bug in your PCIC where it doesn't send interrupts when a
> // >     > // card is inserted/removed like it's supposed to.
> // > 
> // >     > Is there an option to enable it ?
> // >     
> // >     Nope, but you can add code to put it back.
> // > 
> // > Might put in a kernel config flag for that...?
> // 
> // I'd rather see FreeBSD 'fixed' (if possible) so that it does the right
> // thing and sets up the IRQ's properly.  Either that or completely disable
> // the insertion/removal interrupts since it's just wasting a (precious)
> // IRQ for no reason.
> 
> Do you know how other operating systems address that problem ?

They probably initialize the PCIC correctly, so the interrupt is
correctly generated.

> If you do polling, where do you do it ?  At the clock interrupt ?

See my previous post on where I generate it, and yes it's related to the
clock interrupt (as all timeouts are.)


Nate

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