| 1 |
On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 11:18 +0200, Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: |
| 2 |
> Hi, |
| 3 |
> |
| 4 |
> Starting from linux-2.6.13-rc1 the PCMCIA subsystem has been patched to |
| 5 |
> exports certain internals to sysfs, which allows using hotplug for |
| 6 |
> handling insertion/ejection of 16bit PCMCIA cards. |
| 7 |
> |
| 8 |
> For this to work, a new package called pcmciautils [1] will need to be |
| 9 |
> added to portage. Therefore, a new virtual/pcmcia (which will default to |
| 10 |
> sys-apps/pcmcia-cs in base/virtuals for now) will be added as well. |
| 11 |
> |
| 12 |
> I have had sys-apps/pcmciautils in my portage overlay [2] for quite a |
| 13 |
> while now, just waiting for the needed functionality to be merged into |
| 14 |
> Linus' tree. |
| 15 |
> |
| 16 |
> The linux-mod eclass will be changed to depend on virtual/pcmcia for |
| 17 |
> pcmcia support. Future ebuilds that just need a PCMCIA card manager |
| 18 |
> should depend on virtual/pcmcia as well. |
| 19 |
> |
| 20 |
> If anybody has any objections and/or questions to this new virtual, |
| 21 |
> please drop me an e-mail. |
| 22 |
> |
| 23 |
|
| 24 |
A bit late I know, but just for interest sake .. virtuals is usually |
| 25 |
used when more than one package usually provides the same compatible |
| 26 |
api/tool ... which basically means pcmcia-cs and pcmciautils do the same |
| 27 |
thing and cannot be installed together ? Sorry if my non-pcmcia |
| 28 |
cluedup-ness shows ... |
| 29 |
|
| 30 |
|
| 31 |
Thanks, |
| 32 |
|
| 33 |
-- |
| 34 |
Martin Schlemmer |
| 35 |
Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer |
| 36 |
Cape Town, South Africa |
Archives