On Mon, 10 Aug 1998 13:29:21 -0700 
 Ted Lemon <mellon@hoffman.vix.com> wrote:

 > > But that is not the case of all PCMCIA devices, so a sysctl is NOT
 > > a general solution.
 > 
 > If you have a general solution in mind, this makes a pretty good
 > argument, but if you don't, it's not so great.   I mean, right now,
 > real people (including us, may I remind you?) can't install NetBSD off
 > a floppy.   This is a bug, not a feature.   Providing a mechanism
 > whereby this problem can be circumvented for the vast majority of
 > cases (who _installs_ to a SCSI PCMCIA device?) is a big win.   We
 > need either the real fix or some kind of hack.   This one sounds
 > viable to me.   Are you offering an alternative?

Oh, I will also add that a sysctl just ISN'T appropriate given how
our sysctl interface works.  It's not currently possible to have
device-instance-specific sysctls, and there aren't currently any
sysctl top-levels in which a PCMCIA IRQ mask sysctl would be appropriate.

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