Re: PCMCIA and 2.4.15-pre4

[William Stearns]

Good evening, John,

On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, John Weber wrote:

> >         I hate to say it, but your question isn't all that useful in its
> > current form.  What kinds of problems?  What pcmcia version?  What kernel
> > configuration?  What error messages?  Functional problems?  Compiling
> > problems?  Cosmetic problems?  Are they reproducable?  How can we
> > reproduce the problem?
> 
> Actually, my note was supposed to be longer... but I had a little
> technical difficulty in getting the question out.  My machine completely
> crashed actually...

	We can all commiserate; kernel crashes are annoying.

> funny that I thought it was just a kernel thing.

	It may very well be.  What error messages did you see?  What 
symptoms?  What was happening at the time it crashed?

> Thanks anyway.

	I've come off badly and apologize.  We really are all here to 
identify and fix kernel problems.  I wasn't writing the above to badger 
you, but to encourage you to provide as much detail as you can to help us 
help you.
	Cheers,
	- Bill

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