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Re: cardmgr, usbmgr, and hotplug



On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 20:43, Jason Kraftcheck wrote:
> What is the relation between cardmgr from the pcmcia-cs package, usbmgr, 
> and hotplug?  pcmcia-cs suggests hotplug, but other than that there is no 
> relation in the package dependencies.
> Does hotplug replace cardmgr and/or usbmgr?

Hot plug PCI (Cardbus) drivers are not managed by cardmgr;
they are managed by the "hotplug" subsystem.

> If I have hotplug installed, can I remove pcmcia-cs and usbmgr? 
> Should I?

If you want to use non-Cardbus PCMCIA cards then you still
need cardmgr.

-- 
Thomas Hood <jdthood0@yahoo.co.uk>

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