Subject: Re: NO NO NO NO PCMCIA NO NO NO NO
To: Robert.V.Baron <rvb@gluck.coda.cs.cmu.edu>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/20/1997 15:49:31
"Robert.V.Baron" writes:
> Before I reply to the mail below (on useable irq's) let me make an
> important point.  I am positive that it is IMPOSSIBLE to get an
> irq/port scheme that will work on ALL laptops.  The engineering 
> choices are then not to produce a workable pcmcia system or to
> produce a system that works on MOST laptops.

Or, we can do the right thing, and have the PCMCIA BIOS called to
figure out where to put the things. This is going to happen by 1.4

For the moment, installation is a bitch on laptops, but things work
fine once you are installed.

Perry