On 7/01/2010 6:16 AM, Garrett D'Amore wrote: > Darren J Moffat wrote: >> >> >> One reason a Cardbus/PCMCIA CF reader is interesting in this area is >> so that there isn't a cable hanging out of the laptop to a reader - >> something that might be important when "in the field" uploading from >> your cards to the laptop. Sure most people doing this are probably >> using a Mac or Windows but at least some of us do use OpenSolaris for >> this. > > #1. I've not suggested EOF'ing any support for CF! That would > clearly be a bad idea. > #2. Cardbus != PCMCIA. Cardbus is much better, behaves like PCI, and > gets PCI-like speeds. PCMCIA is much closer to ISA. > > So if I can eliminate pcata because there are good cardbus readers, or > USB is adequate, then I can remove a fair of rather complex code. Its > not a priority for me at the moment, but if I were to undertake other > "cleanups" in the pcmcia framework, it would be one less significant > chunk of code that I'd have to touch.
I'm not aware of any CardBus to CF adapters that are currently available for sale, only PCMCIA and Express Card. If it was no longer possible to buy PCMCIA-CF card adapaters, then I'd agree with you. As I mentioned earlier, it is the form factor that makes this option attractive. Darren
