Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 00:25:04 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Roger Hardiman <roger@cs.strath.ac.uk> Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCIC_IRQ - disabling PCMCIA IRQ allocation Message-ID: <199810270025.AAA10745@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 26 Oct 1998 18:06:59 GMT." <3634BA43.94BC672C@cs.strath.ac.uk>
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> Hi,
>
> One of the things PAO hase which the 3.0-RELEASE PCMCIA code does not
> have is the
> PCIC_IRQ kernel configuration.
>
> With it, it is possible to tell the PCMCIA card controller NOT to
> reserve itself an IRQ.
> This means no hot swapping of cards, but for my application (embedded
> systems) I cannot hot
> swap and I do not want an IRQ wasted by the card chipset.
>
> The patch for 3.0-RELEASE is trivial to include the PCIC_IRQ code
> (basically it forces a value in the
> pcic.c code).
>
> Is someone willing to commit this to -current if I supply the diff.
>
> It will then complete all my PCMCIA needs without needing the full PAO
> package.
I'm willing to if
1. You can also specify the IRQ that the controller should use.
2. Either Nate or Mike OKs it (I'll pass it to them for review first
- they're our resident laptop people).
> Bye
> Roger Hardiman
> Strathclyde University Telepresence Group
Cheers.
--
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org>
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