Re: [9fans] Bitsy questions (was: Plan 9 questions and quarrel)

[Axel Belinfante <Axel.Belinfante@cs.utwente.nl>]

> > Here're questions about the iPAQ version..
> > 1/ Does it support the CF Sleeve? (Compact Flash)

> Not that I know. Some of us used it with a pcmcia backpack.

For what it is worth:
I succeeded to lift linux (I think: actually, bootloader)
code to make the already existing (single) pcmcia sleeve code
work (more or less, yes, this is vague)
with a double-slot pcmcia sleeve.
Maybe it is possible to do something similar for the CF Sleeve.

W.r.t. stability:
for me it was (is) stable, but suspend/resume does not work.
Others had more success in this respect; could be related
to different versions of bootloader being used, I don't
recall seeing that this was explored 'to the bottom'.



A somewhat related question:

Is the support for pcmcia disks only in the
ipaq (bitsy) kernel, or also in the pc one?

(I tried over a year ago, and then it worked on
 ipaq and not on a laptop, and I'm wondering
 if that was due to erroneous config on my side,
 or simply because it is (was?) not supported)
(it was a toshiba MK5002MPL)

Axel.