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I think the 2.3.* issue is different 

Forum: Xircom PCMCIA Ethernet Adapter Issues
Re: Feedback: Xircom Cardbus issues (James Morris)
Date: 2000, Mar 13
From: David Hinds <dhinds@pcmcia.sourceforge.org>

I think the problem with tulip_cb in the 2.3.51 kernel tree is
different; the tulip_cb driver in the PCMCIA package does not have
this problem, because in my version of the driver, unregister_netdev
is not called in interrupt context.  Jeff Garzik, who is now
maintaining the tulip drivers in the 2.3 tree, plans to merge the
Cardbus-specific tulip stuff so that there will be just one tulip
driver.  Right now, the tulip_cb driver in the 2.3 tree is in a
temporarily funny state, because it has partially diverged from the
old tulip_cb driver, but the new merged tulip driver isn't ready yet.

The tulip_cb driver in the 2.3 tree uses the relatively new kernel
API's for hot swap PCI devices, which is really what cardbus cards
are.

-- Dave

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1. Ok: Ok, patch sent. by James Morris, 2000, Mar 13

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