Ken Hornstein writes:
> >There are still some problems on some laptops.  On my Sony Vaio 505tx,
> >plugging a Lexar 8x CF in causes the machine to hang.  The same
> >-current kernel works w. the same compact flash card when plugged in a
> >slightly newer Viao 505ve.
> 
> Are you using a cardbus attachment?  If so, it's because the cardbus
> interface on the Sony is broken and won't work for _any_ PCMCIA IDE/ATAPI
> device (see long thread on port-i386).

Interesting!  I was using the cardbus.  I'll crank out another kernel
later today and try it with just pcmcia.  I guess I missed that
discussion.

(If this is it I'll be stuck compiling up 4 different x86 kernels.
Boy would a runtime (or even kernel install-time) configuration method
be nice.)

-wolfgang
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