[19622] in Athena Bugs
Re: Linux-Athena: PCMCIA starts in wrong place
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Camilla R Fox)
Wed Aug 15 17:08:52 2001
Message-Id: <200108152108.RAA11643@myxomycete.mit.edu>
To: Derek Atkins <warlord@mit.edu>
cc: bugs@mit.edu
In-Reply-To: Your message of "15 Aug 2001 16:40:34 EDT."
<sjmy9ol3vlp.fsf@rcn.ihtfp.org>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 17:08:13 -0400
From: Camilla R Fox <cfox@MIT.EDU>
> The PCMCIA startup script is in the "wrong place" in the boot
> sequence. This is a Red Hat bug, but perhaps we can fix it
> locally. In particular, pcmcia should be started much sooner
> in the boot sequence so that the network can come up before
> other packages decide to startup. Otherwise, laptops can
> hang during bootup.
This has been reported before; see bugs[18586] and the previous messages
in that thread.
