Re: cardmgr, usbmgr, and hotplug

[Shyamal Prasad <shyamal.prasad@sbcglobal.net>]

    "Jason" == Jason Kraftcheck <kraftche@cae.wisc.edu> writes:

    Jason> What is the relation between cardmgr from the pcmcia-cs
    Jason> package, usbmgr, and hotplug?  pcmcia-cs suggests hotplug,
    Jason> but other than that there is no relation in the package
    Jason> dependencies.  Does hotplug replace cardmgr and/or usbmgr?
    Jason> If I have hotplug installed, can I remove pcmcia-cs and
    Jason> usbmgr? Should I?

I don't know the answer, but I can tell you that I run both pcmcia-cs
and hotplug. 

It works for me: PCMCIA cards work fine, though I've only used wlan
16-bit cards via /etc/network/interfaces, and they are clearly started
via pcmcia-cs, and USB devices work as expected (I've used keyboards
and mice).

I believe that hotplug is a (good?) replacement for pcmcia-cs, I've
just never used it. Installing pcmcia-cs seems to work for 16 bit
cardbus devices, and the hotplug documents seem to indicate that
hotplug supports only cardbus (32 bit) devices.

Corrections....?

Cheers!
Shyamal