Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 10:42:16 +0000 (GMT) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Scott Mitchell <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, Mike Kephart <mkephart@nortelnetworks.com>, Kenneth Ingham <ingham@i-pi.com>, Alan DuBoff <aland@SoftOrchestra.com>, Dru Nelson <dnelson@redwoodsoft.com>, Colin Eric Johnson <colinj@cs.unm.edu>, Brian Handy <handy@lambic.physics.montana.edu>, Michael Robinson <robinson@netrinsics.com>, Joe Abley <jabley@clear.co.nz>, "Jordan K . Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.ORG>, Nate Williams <nate@FreeBSD.ORG>, Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.ORG>, Garrett Wollman <wollman@FreeBSD.ORG>, Doug White <dwhite@FreeBSD.ORG>, Doug Rabson <dfr@FreeBSD.ORG>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Subject: Re: PCCARD support -- welcome to the revolution! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903191033140.47099-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <19990318174601.C7591@dcs.qmw.ac.uk>
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On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Scott Mitchell wrote: > - Fitting PCMCIA/CardBus into the 'new bus' and 'dynamic device' support > that is apparently somewhere in the pipeline. I expect this _will_ > involve a rewrite of most of the support code and drivers :( For now I > guess we should be tracking what's going on in that area, and making > appropriate suggestions to ease the pain of transition when the time > comes. I'm making slow but steady progress in this area, mainly changing the ISA and PCI code to use the new framework. Last time I checked, I have about 130k of diffs to the -current kernel. If anyone else is going to work on this, we will need a cvs repository to coordinate things. > > So there you go. Anyone with any interest in working on any part of this, > please drop me an email (some of you I've heard from already, you're on the > Cc: list of this message). I'd particularly like to hear from the 'new > bus' folks (Garrett? Doug? -- hope I tagged the right people there) as to > what the current state of this is and which bits of the source we should be > grokking. Help at any level is much appreciated -- from kernel hackers to > those who juat don't mind having to reinstall when some evil sub-alpha code > trashes their disks. I'm keen to see better support for my laptop :-). I have a Tosh Tecra 8000 with two Topic97 cardbus slots and a docking station with two Topic95 cardbus slots. I have exactly one peripheral (a 3com Megahertz cardbus ethernet card). > > Various people on the list have recommended books -- any other suggestions? > I'm going to obtain some of these RSN, but I obviously can't afford to buy > them all! [Mike: is the offer of assistance in obtaining the official > standard still open? What do we need to do?]. I personally don't feel > confident taking on anything more fundamental than drivers for specific > cards until I've read some of this stuff. Pointers to freely-available > controller & card docs from manufacturers would also be welcomed. I have a copy of "CardBus System Architecture" from Mindshare which is quite good. They have a series which covers pccard and pci but I don't have the others. > > The UK FreeBSD users group is supporting this effort with web space and > other 'net resources -- I'll let you all know the URL once I get the > account set up. Note: everyone reading this in the UK should join this > group; if nothing else, it's great value for money ;-) I really ought to join after all these years... > > OK, enough waffle from me. This thing is only going to go anywhere if > other people get behind it, so please get in touch, tell me what you're > doing, tell me I'm full of BS, tell me what direction *you* think this > project should be taking. I'm the point man, so I have to expect to get > shot at sometimes... > > Looking forward to working with you all, You are based in London? We will have to try and meet for a beer sometime :-). -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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