>From this week's edition of lwn:
Should the PCMCIA drivers be part of the standard kernel? This is
not a
new question, but it came up with a new force recently, due to some
rather strongly worded messages from Linus. He is, evidently, not very
happy with the current state of PCMCIA support (he said it "sucks"), and
made some threats to start a new PCMCIA development from the beginning,
much like he did with USB. David Hinds, the person who made PCMCIA happen
on Linux was, not surprisingly, a little taken aback by these
remarks.
Some discussion followed on the advantages of integrating PCMCIA
into the standard kernel (better tracking of kernel changes, no separate
package to install) versus those of keeping it separate (ability to
support new cards on all kernel versions, support for non-Linux operating
systems). But the real problem came out after a bit: it seems that Linus
had a tremendously difficult time installing Linux on his shiny new Sony
Vaio laptop.
Linus has this notion that if he has a hard time with a Linux
install, at least a few other users might find it a bit daunting, and he
didn't like that idea.
You see, you are not alone ;-)
tom
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