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Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 08:35:29 -0800 (PST)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] pcmcia event thread. (fwd)
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On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, Alan Cox wrote:

> > Alan, Russell is talking about CardBus controllers (it's also PCMCIA, in
> > fact, these days it's the _only_ pcmcia in any machine made less than five
> > years ago).
> 
> I have at least two machines here that are < 2 years old but disagree
> with you. Once is only months old. 

Who makes those pieces of crap? And who _buys_ them? I can understand it
in embedded stuff simply because the chips are simpler and smaller, but in
a laptop you should definitely try to avoid it.

		Linus

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