
1. General information and hardware requirements
1.1 Introduction
Card Services for Linux is a complete PCMCIA or ``PC Card'' support package. It includes a set of loadable
kernel modules that implement a version of the Card Services applications program interface, a set of client
drivers for specific cards, and a card manager daemon that can respond to card insertion and removal events,
loading and unloading drivers on demand. It supports ``hot swapping'' of most card types, so cards can be
safely inserted and ejected at any time.
This software is continually under development. It probably contains bugs, and should be used with caution.
I'll do my best to fix problems that are reported to me, but if you don't tell me, I may never know. If you use
this code, I hope you will send me your experiences, good or bad!
If you have any suggestions for how this document could be improved, please let me know
1.2 Copyright notice and disclaimer
Copyright (c) 1998 David A. Hinds
This document may be reproduced or distributed in any form without my prior permission. Modified versions
of this document, including translations into other languages, may be freely distributed, provided that they are
clearly identified as such, and this copyright is included intact.
This document may be included in commercial distributions without my prior consent. While it is not
required, I would like to be informed of such usage. If you intend to incorporate this document in a published
work, please contact me to make sure you have the latest available version.
This document is provided ``AS IS'', with no express or implied warranties. Use the information in this
document at your own risk.
1.3 What is the latest version, and where can I get it?
The current major release of Card Services is version 3.1, and minor updates or bug fixes are numbered 3.1.1,
3.1.2, and so on.
Source code for the latest version is available from sourceforge.org in the /pcmcia directory, as
pcmcia−cs−3.1.?.tar.gz. There will usually be several versions here. I generally only keep the latest
minor release for a given major release. New major releases may contain relatively untested code, so I also
keep the latest version of the previous major release as a relatively stable fallback; the current fallback is
3.0.14. It is up to you to decide which version is more appropriate, but the CHANGES file will summarize the
most important differences.
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