Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 07:43:38 +0100 (BST) From: Duncan Barclay <dmlb@ragnet.demon.co.uk> To: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> Cc: Mitsuru IWASAKI <iwasaki@jp.FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Call for review: restart pccardd by SIGHUP Message-ID: <XFMail.000406074338.dmlb@computer.my.domain> In-Reply-To: <200004052120.PAA17618@nomad.yogotech.com>
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On 05-Apr-00 Nate Williams wrote: >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/~iwasaki/pccard/pccardd-signal.diff >> >> is for restarting pccardd by sending SIGHUP like >> >> >> >> # kill -HUP `cat /var/run/pccardd.pid` >> >> >> >> On restart, some efforts would be made for consistency such as >> >> maintain resource and card entry (except for generic entry) being >> >> used. >> > >> > This is *really* a good thing. Right now it's too difficult to debug >> > the system and get a working configuration. >> >> I second that. And can we have an optin to specify which configuration file >> to read from. This is useful for setups that change as one moves location. > > Umm, /etc/pccard.conf should be constant, and shouldn't require any > changing whatsoever. /etc/rc.conf may require changing, but the card > database certainly shouldn't... > > > Nate Under the present system I have to restart pccardd on a number of occasions: Xircom Realport card: This is a ethernet/modem card. To change function I need to replace the database entry to assign the required driver. Ethernet card: At various sites (home, work) different network addresses are used. So insert and remove lines need changing Granted the second example can be done via scripts but I see no way around the first problem. Duncan --- ________________________________________________________________________ Duncan Barclay | God smiles upon the little children, dmlb@ragnet.demon.co.uk | the alcoholics, and the permanently stoned. ________________________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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