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RE: PC Card Specification 2.01 - (off topic)
- To: "Trenton D. Adams" <tadams at extremeeng dot com>
- Subject: RE: [ECOS] PC Card Specification 2.01 - (off topic)
- From: "Lewin A.R.W. Edwards" <larwe at larwe dot com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 17:07:35 -0400
- Cc: "'eCos'" <ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com>
- References: <3B2F49D4.798203E4@redhat.com>
>That's completely pathetic. All standards should be free.
What exactly are you trying to do? It is quite possible to design a PCMCIA
system (hardware and software) without the official specification
documents; there is a lot of information implicitly buried in chip
datasheets and other sources.
BTW, if you are working with any but a controlled set of PCMCIA devices, I
suggest that eCos might not be the correct OS for this application; it's
easier to ride the free (and ongoingly-updated) PCMCIA support in Linux.
This comment does not apply if you intend only to support generic devices
like modems and PCMCIA-ATA storage devices, or if you intend to support
only one or two specific cards for which you will write drivers.
-- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
Embedded Engineer, Digi-Frame Inc.
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