[BusyBox] busybox + PCMCIA ?

Paul Farber farber at admin.f-tech.net
Tue Dec 3 12:44:03 UTC 2002


Sure it works... need some extra stuff to make it work (cardmgr, cardctl.. 
part of the pcmcia sources).

I've used both Raylink and Agere PCMCIA radio cards and the both work 
fine with bbox.

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Paul Farber
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On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Allan (pls reply to list) wrote:

> Hey Everyone;
> 
> I don't recall seeing any traffic of this nature, so I thought I would
> ask:  Is anyone using Busybox on a PCMCIA-enabled system?
> 
> My goals are as follows:
> 1) small kernel (no modules)
> 2) PCMCIA support
> 3) busybox-based root disk
> 4) devfs
> 5) PCMCIA-based NIC (RangeLAN .. ugh) is inserted, recognized.
> 
> I'm wanting to keep my system under 1.44M, since I try to use floppies
> for a lot of stuff, and I'm stumped on this one that has its whole world
> behind a PCI1250 (PCI1230? very common TexasI device) PCMCIA bridge, and
> it's finding the bridge (yenta is active) but no devices beyond it.
> 
> I can't play with this toy much longer, it has to go back to its
> rightful owners, and I want to be very complete it what resources and
> devices I "see" :)
> 
> I admit to little or no PCMCIA knowledge in the small footprint arena. 
> I'm wondering if I *need* to have a card services daemon active, and
> whether busybox has anything that would help.
> 
> I appreciate any input.  Thanks everyone.
> 
> Allan
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