Subject: Re: A TODO list for cardbus/ PCMCIA support.
To: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU>
From: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@netbsd.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 06/16/1999 22:28:37
Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU> writes:
> >as has been stated before, the 'right' abstraction for this type of
> >stuff is by slot.  autoconfiguration might look like:
> 
> Sorry, Chris, I dont think thats true. A slot-based architecture
> precludes the flexibility which, in today's OS market, is necessary.

What flexibility do you lose with a lose with a slot-based architecture?




cgd
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