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Linux PCMCIA release 2.7.3
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lars Wirzenius)
Sun Oct 29 07:39:37 1995
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 20:36:27 +0200
From: Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi>
To: linux-announce@vger.rutgers.edu
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From: dhinds@hyper.stanford.edu (David Hinds)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
Subject: Linux PCMCIA release 2.7.3
Organization: Stanford University
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I've put pcmcia-cs-2.7.3 on hyper.stanford.edu in /pub/pcmcia. Note
that the "official" ftp site, cb-iris.stanford.edu, croaked over the
weekend -- use hyper.stanford.edu instead.
The earlier "alpha" releases seemed to be OK for most people so I have
high hopes that this release will work smoothly. It actually contains
quite a bit of new code to support multifunction cards, however, so
proceed with some caution.
This version should work with 1.2.8 or later kernels, but the only
1.3.X kernel that works is 1.3.30. Earlier and later 1.3.X kernels
are all broken and I haven't been able to track down the problems yet,
though people have sent me some patches for some of them.
If you've been using an earlier release, this version will probably
require you to update your /etc/pcmcia/* files.
In other PCMCIA-related news, Ric Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) has started
maintaining the APM stuff, and current patches are available from:
ftp.cs.unc.edu:/pub/users/faith/linux/apm-patches-1.3.33.tar.gz
I've also stopped producing Slackware boot/root disks, because they
have become a part of the regular Slackware 3.0 distribution. I heard
that their first incarnation was broken, but that should be fixed soon
(or may already be fixed).
I've attached all the changes for this and the earlier "alpha"
releases.
-- Dave Hinds
dhinds@allegro.stanford.edu
Version 2.7.3
- -- Changed default bus timing in i82365.c to 8.33 MHz.
- -- Fixed i82365 driver to deal with VG-469 3V/5V decision. Also
changed probe logic to do a better job with docking stations.
- -- Updated pcmem driver. Added write for char device, fixed up
seeking, etc, thanks to Don Wanigasekar.
- -- Changed pcnet driver to support reading the PROM to get a network
card's station address. Verified with Linksys v2.00 card.
- -- Added support for multifunction cards that conform to the PC Card
95 standard. 3Com 3C562 almost works.
Version 2.7.2
- -- Consolidated most kernel version differences in "k_compat.h".
- -- Replaced de650 and ibmcc drivers with merged "pcnet" driver. Note
that people will *have* to update their config files...
- -- Changed cardmgr to only load MTD's for memory-related drivers.
- -- Updated i82365.c to handle Vadem VG-469 controller, and to wake up
Cirrus chips after a suspend.
Version 2.7.1
- -- Fixed typo in toaster_cs driver.
- -- Fixed module unloading in network drivers.
- -- Fixed problem with new timer behavior in 1.3.X.
Version 2.7.0
- -- New interactive configuration procedure.
- -- Updated to work with 1.3.X kernels.
- -- Fixed iflash2_mtd driver to work with IBM flash cards. Added more
config entries for IBM, Maxtor flash cards.
- -- Fixed module building so that CONFIG_MODVERSIONS should work for
all drivers, including the SCSI drivers.
- -- Fixed New Media Ethernet reset bug.
- -- Added stuff to cardmgr to support user specified actions during
suspend and resume processing.
- -- Changed Makefile to build 8390.o on the fly.
- -- Fix to toaster_cs for CIS parsing problem.
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