On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, Wes Peters wrote:
> Mmm... Good point. This means updating code and compiling a new
> kernel every time Joe's hardware company sticks their own name on a
> generic OEM PCI or PCCard, doesn't it? I love this industry.
Too many drivers require knowledge of specific cards in order to properly
handle 'quirks'. This isn't going to change. While a recompile is
annoying we can be assured that a driver maintainer will only add IDs to a
driver after they have been confirmed to work. With PCCARD, one has to
contend with a certain amount of user fiddling in order to make things
work; this appears to be a source of support load.
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