[ECOS] PC Card Specification 2.01 - (off topic)

[Trenton D. Adams]

eCos is definitely the way to go.  We are creating a product based off
of the EDB7111-2 board.  It's a one time thing requiring PCMCIA support.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lewin A.R.W. Edwards [ mailto:larwe@larwe.com ] 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 3:08 PM
> To: Trenton D. Adams
> Cc: 'eCos'
> Subject: RE: [ECOS] PC Card Specification 2.01 - (off topic)
> 
> 
> 
> >That's completely pathetic.  All standards should be free.
> 
> What exactly are you trying to do? It is quite possible to 
> design a PCMCIA 
> system (hardware and software) without the official specification 
> documents; there is a lot of information implicitly buried in chip 
> datasheets and other sources.
> 
> BTW, if you are working with any but a controlled set of 
> PCMCIA devices, I 
> suggest that eCos might not be the correct OS for this 
> application; it's 
> easier to ride the free (and ongoingly-updated) PCMCIA 
> support in Linux. 
> This comment does not apply if you intend only to support 
> generic devices 
> like modems and PCMCIA-ATA storage devices, or if you intend 
> to support 
> only one or two specific cards for which you will write drivers.
> 
> 
> -- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
> Embedded Engineer, Digi-Frame Inc.
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