Re: [ros-dev] [ros-diffs] [cgutman] 46876: [PCMCIA] - Add a mostly stubbed PCMCIA driver - pcmcia.c is complete but fdo.c and pdo.c are completely unimplemented

[Andrew Faulds]

Yes, but we get "donations" on all sorts of unnecessary things.
We really need "donations" in *useful areas* like, say, USB.

On 15 April 2010 10:25, Peter Millerchip <peter.millerchip(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>   To be fair:
>
>  1. The guy donated his code to ReactOS. Think of it like a gift to us
>  - it might not be what we really wanted, but it's still rude to insult
>  a gift.
>
>  2. This isn't "support" for PCMCIA, it's a stub - he said so himself.
>  ReactOS does not support PCMCIA yet.
>
>  3. Windows supported PCMCIA before USB, and we are just copying
>  Windows after all! :)
>
>  On 15 April 2010 10:11, Andrew Faulds <ajfweb(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
> >   You mean we're supporting an interface no-one
> > needs before the biggest 
>  gap
> >   in ReactOS I/O support?
> >
> >  2010/4/15 Javier Agustìn Fernàndez Arroyo <elhoir(a)gmail.com>
> > >
> > > ReactOS has PCMCIA support before USB
> > > lol :)
> > >
> > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Aleksey Bragin <aleksey(a)reactos.org>
> > > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> I fully agree with Ged. I know it's fun to create something from 
> scratch
> >  >> (I used and will still do, of course) and
> > work in an explored area, 
>  however
> >  >> I think there should be some control. If
> > you really want to work on 
>  that and
> >  >> nothing else - we have rosapps/drivers.
> > In my opinion, trunk has no 
>  place
> >  >> for non-working drivers which aren't
> > really a top priority (at least, I
> > >> didn't include fastfat_new to the build process so noone wastes time
> > >> compiling a driver which is needed only by 2 or 3 developers).
> > >>
> > >> WBR,
> > >> Aleksey.
> > >>
> > >> On Apr 15, 2010, at 11:05 AM, Ged Murphy wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> I don't mean to sound like a broken record, and I also understand that
> > >>> the project allows people to work on whatever they want to. But with 
> the
> >  >>> project in such a state at the
> > moment, is a pcmcia bus driver really 
>  the
> >  >>> best thing to be working on?
> > >>> I'm all for project freedom, but you would hope people to have the
> > >>> diligence to work on areas which might help to stop the project from
> > >>> failing.
> > >>>
> > >>> Maybe I just don't get it anymore and I'm behind the times, but what
> > >>> happened to the days when people used to work on important things?
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Your nagging ex-dev,
> > >>> Ged.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> -----Original Message-----
> > >>> From: ros-diffs-bounces(a)reactos.org
> > >>> [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of 
> cgutman(a)svn.reactos.org
> >  >>> Sent: 15 April 2010 02:59
> > >>> To: ros-diffs(a)reactos.org
> > >>> Subject: [ros-diffs] [cgutman] 46876: [PCMCIA] - Add a mostly stubbed
> > >>> PCMCIA driver - pcmcia.c is complete but fdo.c and pdo.c are 
> completely
> >  >>> unimplemented
> > >>>
> > >>> Author: cgutman
> > >>> Date: Thu Apr 15 03:59:15 2010
> > >>> New Revision: 46876
> > >>>
> > >>> URL: http://svn.reactos.org/svn/reactos?rev=46876&view=rev
> > >>> Log:
> > >>> [PCMCIA]
> > >>> - Add a mostly stubbed PCMCIA driver
> > >>> - pcmcia.c is complete but fdo.c and pdo.c are completely 
> unimplemented
> > > >  >
> > > > > Added:
> > > > >    trunk/reactos/drivers/bus/pcmcia/
> > > > >    trunk/reactos/drivers/bus/pcmcia/fdo.c   (with props)
> > > > >    trunk/reactos/drivers/bus/pcmcia/pcmcia.c   (with props)
> > > > >    trunk/reactos/drivers/bus/pcmcia/pcmcia.h   (with props)
> > > > >    trunk/reactos/drivers/bus/pcmcia/pcmcia.rbuild   (with props)
> > > > >    trunk/reactos/drivers/bus/pcmcia/pcmcia.rc   (with props)
> > > > >    trunk/reactos/drivers/bus/pcmcia/pdo.c   (with props)
> > > > > Modified:
> > > > >    trunk/reactos/drivers/bus/directory.rbuild
> > > > >
> > > > >
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