Subject: Re: FlashPath support?
To: None <Havard.Eidnes@runit.sintef.no>
From: Lennart Augustsson <augustss@cs.chalmers.se>
List: current-users
Date: 12/23/1998 11:41:39
> I borrowed a CompactFlash 4M card from a friend of mine, together
> with a PCMCIA "docking card" (he bought a new 32M card and it came
> with a new "docking card"), and tried it with a GENERIC kernel from
> Nov 21, but "no go" -- from what I remember the PCMCIA code said
> that the card never became ready, and it just hung if I had the
> PCMCIA card plugged in when I booted.  I've not retried with more
> recent code.
That's exactly what happens for me as well, and I've tried it with
a very recent version.  I would be great to get it to work.

BTW, I think the PCMCIA code has a serious flaw since you can hang
the machine by plugging in the card.  I do have a fix for that
problem, though.

  -- Lennart